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SEIU CONTINUES IN THE BAD NEWS DURING 2010

SternBurger With Fries 01/11/10  SEIU Demands Votes forWorkers Who Agree With SEIU, ONLY

“SEIU pulled its least honest move . . . willingness to drop the false charges at just 26 of the more than 100 facilities . . .SEIU only wants to drop the charges at facilities where they think they have a possibility of winning more than 13 votes . . . cherry-pick where the workers can vote”

Beyond Chron 01/11/10  New Documents Explain SEIU’s Wrong Turn

“SEIU’s unsuccessful attacks on UNITE HERE hurt its public reputation, alienated other unions, labor activists and many progressives, resulted in the exodus of key SEIU strategic staff, and boosted efforts by rival NUHW in California to supplant SEIU”  [And NUHW are good, hard-working union people!]

“27 national union presidents signed a solidarity pledge backing UNITE HERE against SEIU, 29 Central Labor Councils passed resolutions against SEIU’s raiding, and no union in SEIU’s own Change to Win Federation backed its campaign.”  [SEIU raiding is unwelcome everywhere.]

“Raynor was motivated by revenge against his former union”

“Stern was primarily motivated by the chance for SEIU to control UNITE’s Amalgamated Bank”