It turns out that Dave
Regan’s reported effort
to snatch 9,000 members from "SEIU
Nevada" isn't his first attempt to rig events inside this local union.
In 2007, when Regan was the president of SEIU 1199 Ohio, he illegally funneled
thousands of dollars to Andy
Stern’s favored candidate in internal union elections taking place inside
the same Nevada union.
In fact, Regan was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor for making illegal contributions to Stern’s
candidate, Jane McAlevey, who was
competing against rank-and-file members for control of the union.
In April 2008, the Department of Labor issued a two-page
letter (see below) detailing Regan's illegal contributions, among other “investigative
findings.”
At the time, sources reported that McAlevey used Regan's illegal
funding "to unseat officers who were on McAlevey’s enemy lists in the
local because [they] questioned her pushing the Andy Stern agenda."
