The union behind the Fight for 15 is running a massive political program to elect Clinton and a Democratic Senate.
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SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Talks Fight for 15
The union leader on the intersection of racial and economic justice, winning union recognition, and the electoral power of low-wage workers.
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How the DNC Avoided a Philly Airport Worker Strike
Faced with the prospect of an airport strike that could have blocked convention delegates from landing in Philadelphia, senior Democratic officials pressured American Airlines to the bargaining table.
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Service Workers Fight for a Share of Philly’s Revitalized Center City
An SEIU mega-local representing janitors and secruity guards rallies ahead of tough contract negotiations this fall.
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SEIU Without Andy
The fight over who will succeed Andy Stern as president of SEIU is missing one thing — a plan to reverse labor’s recent failures.
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Reading The Tea Leaves: Andy Stern Leaves SEIU.
Labor leader Andy Stern is stepping down after 14 years as the head of the SEIU and five as the dominant force in the alternate labor coalition, Change To Win, that he founded in a schism with the AFL-CIO. While Stern brought a unique vision and drive that made the SEIU one of the most […]
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SEIU HALF-OUSTS KEN LEWIS.
Yesterday, at the Bank of America shareholders meeting, various pension funds and other dissident shareholders, led by labor unions and in particular SEIU, attempted to force Chairman and CEO Ken Lewis out of both his positions. (SEIU’s pension funds own shares in B of A.) Lewis managed to hang on to his role as CEO, […]
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SEIU UNIONIZES 55,000 WORKERS IN NC
Good news out of SEIU today as they announce the unionization of a whopping 55,000 workers in North Carolina. The specifics of the story are that they got the State Employee Association of North Carolina to vote to unionize. Convincing a public sector association to choose to unionize is a bit more in the low-hanging […]
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ASSIGNMENT DESK: THE FUTURE OF SEIU.
Drew says, “I’d love to hear your thoughts on the Andy Stern piece over at TNR. And more broadly, if you have anything to add re: the state of SEIU and Change to Win, and how they will play into the political climate that will drive healthcare reform in the next four years, that would […]
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SEIU PUTS MONEY BEHIND MOUTH, HEALTH CARE.
It’s a really big deal that SEIU has committed to a $75 million campaign for universal health care. More important, by far, than the opinions and strategies of the individual presidential candidates is the strength, commitment, and ferocity of the coalition pushing for reform. Politicians are, at the end of the day, politicians, and they […]