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| SEIU's Dave Regan & The Donald |
Readers have long reported that Dave Regan parachuted into California with a wildly
inflated ego that’s the size of Mongolia.
In fact, a staffer at SEIU-UHW says Regan
parades through SEIU-UHW's offices with such an air of self importance that he's apparently channeling Donald Trump. Some speculate
it comes from Regan’s Ivy League pedigree. Other say he’s simply following the
lead of his mentor, Andy Stern, who
was never known for his modesty.
So just how much of an egomaniac is Regan?
Well, here's a hilarious episode that offers some insight. Have
you ever run across this online advertisement for the “Dinner with Barack” competition?
Obama's presidential campaign designed the competition to
raise funds from voters for the upcoming U.S. Presidential election.
Well, it turns out that SEIU's Dave Regan thinks he's such a
rock star that he's now advertising a "Lunch with Dave" competition!
SEIU-UHW members are supposed to be sooo thrilled about the possibility
of dining with Dave that they’re supposed to go out and compete with
each other to raise vast amounts of money for SEIU-UHW's political fund, called
"COPE."
The prize for the lucky winners? The incredible privilege of
lunching with Dave.
Here's what the announcement on SEIU-UHW's website says:
SEIU-UHW members who raise the most money for the political fund each month will win a one-hour lunch with SEIU-UHW President Dave Regan. Lunch will be scheduled at the end of the year as a group with all the winners in each region.
Ya see, Dave is soooo important that he’s gotta race off to
do tons of important stuff… like cutting backroom deals with Bosses to gut
workers' pension plans, liquidating workers' $4.1
million strike fund and illegally rigging
votes with hospital executives.
After all, why would Regan -- who was recently called the “CEO”
of SEIU-UHW by his buddy Duane Dauner at the California Hospital Association --
want to spend time with the workers who actually pay his $300,000-a-year salary?
