SEIU

  • Andy Stern's BFF

    Who loves Andy Stern? Pictures don't lie...

  • With Members Angry, Unions Sue to Stop Mandatory Vaccinations
    Mischa Gaus
    Oct 28 2009 - 1:17am
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    Anger is rising among the half-million health care workers across New York state, the first in the nation required to roll up their sleeves and take a flu shot. If they refuse, the state’s health commissioner says they can be fired.

  • Red Cross Pricked for Labor Problems
    Oct 24 2009 - 1:08am

    Management disrespect for workers at Red Cross is spoiling the reputation of one of America’s largest humanitarian organizations, according to a report by Jobs with Justice.

  • Food Service Workers Buck Secret Organizing Deals
    Paul Abowd
    Sep 8 2009 - 10:14am

    A delegation of U.S. food service workers flew to the Paris headquarters of their employer Sodexo last winter, delivering petitions against the company’s anti-union practices. They also took to the streets, joining the French general strike.

  • Has Andy Stern Reunited Labor?
    Jane Slaughter
    Jul 17 2009 - 2:04pm

    When was the last time you heard a union president denounce another union president—publicly? For labor’s upper echelon, the most scrupulously honored principle is protocol. (And you thought it was “solidarity.”)

    But at the UNITE HERE convention in late June, the torrent of abuse heaped on Andy Stern’s head would have caused a less confident labor statesman to turn pale. “Darth Vader” and “pirate” were just two of the epithets—and these from presidents without a dog in the fight between UNITE HERE and Stern’s Service Employees (SEIU).

  • NUHW Comes Close in Homecare Vote
    Jane Slaughter
    Jun 23 2009 - 12:36pm
    Many activists cast the battle between the National Union of Healthcare Workers and SEIU International as a struggle over the soul of unionism. Outspent by about 50 to 1, the new union narrowly lost its first major contest for 10,000 Fresno homecare workers.
  • Viewpoint: SEIU Staff Fight for Their Union

    Author(s):
    Malcolm Harris

    Excerpt:
    SEIU announced plans to lay off 75 organizers and other field staff, a "reorganization" that reveals SEIU’s cynical view of organizers and organizing—and another step toward the increasing centralization of the union.

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  • Quiet on the Western Front? Behind the SEIU-CNA Alliance.

    Author(s):
    Mark Brenner

    Excerpt:
    When the Service Employees and California Nurses Association called a truce in March, many union observers were confused—but breathed a sigh of relief. What does the SEIU-CNA deal mean for health care unions in California and beyond?. . . .

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  • Workers United Finds Membership Divided

    Author(s):
    Daniel Denvir, Paul Abowd

    Excerpt:
    The UNITE HERE secessionists have not exactly made a clean break. Their founding convention took place in Philadelphia, but not all of the union's members in the city — much less the country — were on board. . . .

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  • Viewpoint: An Evening with Andy Stern

    Author(s):
    Steve Early

    Excerpt:
    It’s April Fool’s day, plus one, in what Bob Dylan once called "the green pastures of Harvard University." What does the guest, Andy Stern, think makes for a good union? “If I was being hypothetical, I’d say democracy" . . . .

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