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| Art Pulaski |
Remember Art Pulaski?
He was formerly married to SEIU’s Josie
Mooney and is currently the head of the California Federation of Labor.
In 2012, Pulaski famously teamed up with SEIU-UHW’s Dave Regan to engineer
an "emergency" phone call of the Labor Fed’s board in an
unsuccessful effort to roll back the state's landmark nurse-to-patient staffing
ratio law.
Well… Pulaski has made another decision that’s left
observers scratching their heads.
Next week, the California Labor Federation will hold its
biennial convention in San Diego, California. Pulaski has decided to put the
presidents of UNITE HERE (D. Taylor) and SEIU (Mary Kay Henry) on
the same stage.
As you can imagine, the folks over at UNITE HERE are no fans
of Henry and SEIU. Back in 2009, Mary Kay Henry was one of Andy
Stern's key lieutenants who launched SEIU’s multi-million dollar hostile
takeover aimed at seizing control of UNITE HERE and gobbling it up inside of
SEIU.
SEIU’s disastrous scheme -- a byproduct of purple arrogance and imperial
ambitions -- was roundly
condemned by the labor movement.
So what’s Pulaski thinking?
Good question. Here's the announcement.
The 2014 California Labor Federation Biennial Convention is only 12 days away, and our speaker lineup is as action-packed as our agenda! We know that in order to win in the long run we must grow our movement and go on the offense. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce two keynote speakers who know firsthand what it means to fight in the trenches, grow their memberships and win.
Be sure to join us Tuesday, July 29 to hear SEIU International President, Mary Kay Henry and UNITE HERE President, D. Taylor as each highlight their unique lessons learned from fighting hard to organize new members, and the importance of expanding our offensive game to maintain a powerful movement for all workers. You won’t want to miss this!
