Remember all the reports about workers who've been unjustly fired
and screwed over... while getting zero support from Dave Regan's SEIU-UHW? They include this
stunning case, which is described in emails written by SEIU’s own Shop
Stewards.
Well, Tasty hears that Dave Regan has taken bold and
decisive steps to address this problem. What did he do? He appointed one of the
union's staffers to a new position called "Director of Representational Excellence"! (Tasty is not kidding! Hmmm… what’s that
saying about putting lipstick on a pig?).
So who's the Director of Excellence? Marcus Hatcher. Tasty did a little checking on Hatcher, and
unfortunately Hatcher is not so excellent… unless you consider bedding with the
Boss to be “excellent.”
It turns out that Hatcher used to be the “Director of Field
Representation” for SEIU Local 1107 in Las Vegas, where he negotiated contracts
for workers at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and other worksites.
At most unions, it’s strictly prohibited for a union staffer
to meet privately with the Boss or take gifts from the Boss, especially when the staffer
is representing the Boss's workers. Unfortunately, it looks like Hatcher skipped
this part of his “Ethics 101” class.
A receipt -- which was uncovered by CBS
during its investigation of a corruption scandal involving executives at the
Las Vegas Convention Authority – indicates that Hatcher had a private one-on-one
lunch with Mark Olson, the
Vice President of Human Resources at the Las Vegas Convention Authority, in 2009. SEIU’s
'Director of Field Representation' and the Boss’s 'V.P. of Human Resources' lunched
at P.F. Chang’s inside Planet Hollywood on the Las Vegas Strip. According to a
travel site, this “two-story eatery welcomes guests with a warm atmosphere of
dark woods and earth tones.” Perfect place for intimate dining with the Boss!
And who paid for the meal? The Boss (who actually submitted Hatcher’s
business card with the receipt). And what did the Boss get in return from
Hatcher? Well, my friends, that’s the $64,000 question… and the reason why
union staffers are not supposed to be dining with the Boss.
At most unions, Hatcher’s actions would be considered unethical
and pathetic. But at Regan’s SEIU-UHW -- which has embraced back-room deals as its
primary bargaining strategy -- Olson is now heralded as the “Minister
of Excellence.”
P.S. Are you one of
the many SEIU-UHW members who can’t get a call back from the union… or who’s
been waiting two years for the union to schedule your arbitration or hear about
your grievance… or who’s been forced to file a “Duty of Fair Representation”
charge (DFR) with the NLRB because SEIU-UHW simply refuses to help you and your
co-workers? Well, Tasty thought you might wanna give a jingle to the “Director
of Representational Excellence”!
Marcus D. Hatcher
SEIU-UHW Director of Representational Excellence
213-321-4506 (cell)
323-888-8221 (work)
mhatcher@seiu-uhw.org
