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| Myriam Escamilla |
Some SEIU staffers call her a “Primo
Backstabber.”
Others say she’s a modern day "Attila the Hun" who
uses tantrums
and tirades to bully “her” staff.
Now… in the latest chapter of this purple drama, SEIU-UHW’s
staffers have reportedly tagged Myriam
Escamilla with a brand new nickname: “El Diablo.”
Escamilla is reportedly so disliked by Union Reps that they’re
literally rushing for the exit signs.
Here's what's happening.
Escamilla was recently appointed as the director of SEIU-UHW’s
Hospital Division after Dave Regan transferred
the former director, Hal
Ruddick, to fill John
August’s sticky seat over at the Coalition
of Kaiser Permanente Unions.
Since then, SEIU-UHW’s Union Reps have been subjected to Myriam’s
“charm offensives” (aka, screaming fits)… which are producing a wave of requests
to transfer out of Escamilla’s control.
Meanwhile, the rank-and-file workers in SEIU-UHW’s “Nursing
Home Division” are offering some serious words of advice for SEIU-UHW’s hospital
workers. They say Escamilla is incompetent and a liar.
In 2012, Escamilla signed a secret deal with a Los
Angeles-based company called “Brius”
that slashed nursing home workers’ wages, benefits, hours, and working
conditions.
And that's not all.
Escamilla blatantly lied
to workers. She told them she was not making back-room deals with their
Boss… until workers showed her a copy of the secret deal with her signature on
it!
Soon thereafter, workers voted unanimously to decertify SEIU-UHW.
Despite her rap sheet that’s almost as long as John August’s, there's virtually zero chance that either Regan or his "Chief of Staff" Greg Pullman will take any action
against Escamilla.
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| Dave Regan |
Why?
Escamilla has raised lots of cold hard cash for Regan's
reelection campaigns. In return, Regan rewarded Escamilla with a fat salary ($143,129
in 2013) and a position on Regan’s “Executive Committee.”
In one memorable episode, an SEIU-UHW staffer filed
an NLRB "Unfair Labor Practice Charge" against Escamilla after Myriam
tried to shake the staffer down for a cash contribution to Regan’s reelection
fund during the staffer's first week on the job!
And... it’s just as unlikely that Pullman will take any
action against her. Why? Escamilla is Pullman’s “ex-wife.”
It’s a perfect purple storm of nepotism, incompetence,
and corruption.
