A source reports that John August, the Executive Director of
the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente
Unions, is being ousted from his job after an investigation into his abusive
behavior against staff members.
Tasty hasn’t had a chance to independently
verify this report, but here’s what Tasty’s source says:
Former Coalition staff members reportedly filed complaints
against August for sexually harassing and abusing staff members. Tasty hears that the
staffers’ complaints reached the AFL-CIO, which interviewed staff and is now reportedly orchestrating August’s
imminent departure.
Union officials apparently held off on axing August until
after the conclusion of the giant Kaiser election in California. Why? August has
worked hand-in-hand with SEIU-UHW’s Dave
Regan to pave the way for takeaways affecting Kaiser workers, and he also helped implement the multi-million-dollar Partnership Tax on Kaiser workers.
Furthermore, August is super tight with Kaiser’s top execs. In fact, Kaiser
gives August a fancy, rent-free office
inside Kaiser’s national headquarters. And Kaiser’s incoming CEO, Bernard Tyson, even made this video
with August.
August’s reputation as a womanizing “culo-crat” is well
known (me entiendes?). He’s reportedly had multiple sexual affairs with
staffers, rank-and-file SEIU members, and at least one member of SEIU’s International
Executive Board.
Last summer, August was gripped by a scandal after he reportedly
sexually harassed a Kaiser partnership staffer who, upon quitting, turned in
her phone… which contained comprising files implicating August.
Despite the scandal, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry -- who serves as the president of the Coalition's board of directors -- reportedly refused to axe August because she was afraid that another scandal would further wound the image of SEIU's already scandal-plagued officials.
Coalition staffers describe August’s behavior as “predatory”
-- sometimes targeting his sexual advances on staffers who are single moms and who can’t afford to
quit their jobs. According to others, August has an anger-management problem
that’s pathological… like “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
One female staffer described how August
ordered her into a one-on-one meeting, then yelled at her so ferociously that
spit was flying out of his mouth as he jabbed his finger in her face.
In the end, it's certainly no surprise that the Kaiser partnership is run by corrupt officials like August and Regan. And it's no coincidence that Kaiser execs and union officials would hold off on axing August until after the giant Kaiser election.
