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| CBS Channel 5 News Footage |
Last night, CBS News kicked off its evening
newscast in San Francisco with the following lead story: "Union
Vice President Accused of Assaulting Process Server Outside Kensington Home,
Intimidating Cop."
This
morning, Politico picked up the
story in its "Morning
Shift" publication with a piece entitled: "SEIU VP Accused of
Assault."
Regan, who
is the President of SEIU-UHW, also serves as a Vice President of SEIU
International, based in Washington DC. In recent weeks, he
reportedly broke the arm of a process server who was attempting to deliver
court documents, authored by the California
Hospital Association, to Regan's home in Kensington, Calif.
Here's a
print version of the CBS New story:
Union Vice President Accused of Assaulting Process Server Outside Kensington Home, Intimidating Cop
February 16, 2016 5:30 PM
By Emily Turner
KENSINGTON (CBS SF) — The vice president of a union representing two million members has been accused of assaulting a process server at his Kensington home, and intimidating a police officer investigating the incident.
Dave Regan is accused of pushing a process server down the steps of his Kensington home, refusing to be served legal documents in a dispute with the California Hospital Association.
Police say the server was injured and had to have medical treatment.
When police got to Regan’s home, they say he was aggressive and tried to intimidate the officer.
Kensington police Chief Kevin Hart says the case is now headed to the District Attorney’s office.
“There may be video that we are trying to obtain to get a better idea before we turn that all over to the DA,” Kensington Police Chief Kevin Hart said.
Regan is a union heavyweight.
He is president of the SEIU’s-United Healthcare Workers West, which represents more than 150,000 workers in California, and he’s a vice president of the larger SEIU, which has two million members.
He is known in union circles for his sometimes combative behavior, with one union blog going so far to call him an SEIU thug.
In 2008, Regan was at a now notorious labor meeting in Michigan that erupted into violence. In 1995, police in Ohio arrested him for disorderly conduct.
Tasty doesn't
yet have video footage of the TV story, but will post it as soon as he does.
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| SEIU's assault on Labor Notes |
It
reportedly includes an interview with the Chief of the Kensington Police Department,
a statement from Regan's attorney, discussion of Regan's 2008
violent assault on the Labor Notes
Conference, and Regan's
1995 arrest in Ohio for "disorderly conduct."
Intriguingly,
the police are now looking for video footage of Regan's alleged assault in Kensington.
Tasty's hunch is that Regan’s neighbors have security cameras on their homes,
which may have recorded the incident. Kensington is a high-priced residential
enclave with a median home price of $1.1 million.
The emerging
details of Regan's "Kensington assault" put into sharper focus his
history of intimidation, bullying and violence… as well as top SEIU officials' support
of Regan's "old
school ways."
This history
is well-known to insiders, and is even spelled out in a
lawsuit that alleges that Regan and other top SEIU officials -- including President Mary Kay Henry and President Emeritus
Andy Stern -- violated two
California civil rights statutes by carrying out a plan of assault, battery,
intimidation, threats and coercion in an effort to silence SEIU's critics.
The suit,
filed in 2011, is now heading towards a trial date in San Francisco Superior
Court.
It was filed
by multiple rank-and-file members of SEIU-UHW, two of whom faced death
threats after voicing criticism of Regan and SEIU. Other plaintiffs include
elected leaders of NUHW, including Sal Rosselli, who were ousted from SEIU
in 2009 after criticizing SEIU leaders' backroom deals with employers and SEIU's
undemocratic internal practices.
The lawsuit
includes gritty details of the retaliation faced by SEIU's critics, including
25 paragraphs alleging "specific acts of assault, battery, intimidation,
threat and coercion directed at plaintiffs and other NUHW supporters by persons
purportedly affiliated with the SEIU."
More to
follow.
