Where is she now? Rebecca Malberg

SEIU's Rebecca Malberg

Remember Rebecca Malberg? 

In 2009, she was one of the East Coasters who parachuted into California with Dave Regan and served as a "Deputy Trustee” during SEIU’s infamous trusteeship of SEIU-UHW.  

Malberg -- who’s never been known as the sharpest knife in the drawer -- was rewarded for her blind loyalty to Regan with a seat on SEIU-UHW’s Executive Committee and a $150,000-a-year salary.

In a surprise move, Malberg recently announced she was jumping off Regan’s purple ship for a consulting gig.

Readers may recall Malberg for her role in the infamous Fresno homecare election. Back in mid-2009, she helped direct SEIU’s campaign of threats and lies against Fresno's homecare workers -- which included instructing SEIU organizers to threaten undocumented homecare workers with deportation unless they voted for SEIU.

In an earlier post, one of SEIU’s remorseful shocktroopers described Malberg’s role this way:

i am ashamed to say that i campaigned for seiu-uhw in fresno in 2009, and seiu-uhw staff - led by rebecca malberg, debbie schneider, greg pullman instructed other locals' staff and members to lie to fresno homecare workers.  we told them they would lose their benefits if they voted for nuhw.  We told them they would lose everything - their retirement, their health insurance, their voice.  it was so despicable, and unethical.  seiu-uhw "leaders" lied not only to the fresno workers, but the hundreds of rank and file leaders and staff from locals around the country who were organized or were dispatched to help. we stalked these fresno homecare workers for weeks... it was sickening, and i am sorry to have participated in such an illegal act of bullying and lies.

Where is Malberg now?

She recently took a job at a consulting firm called Harbage Consulting, which is headquartered in California's state capitol. The firm does political consulting; past clients include Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenegger. Harbage also consults with private and public-sector clients "with a focus on increasing value in healthcare delivery," according to the firm's website.

A Fresno homecare worker who was intimidated by SEIU

For any clients who are considering hiring Malberg, you might want to check out these reports -- including the conclusions of a government investigation -- about her role in SEIU’s campaign of threats, intimidation and ballot tampering aimed at pressuring low-wage homecare workers to vote for SEIU in an election.

The reports speak volumes about Malberg’s integrity and moral principles. After all… what kind of person would threaten low-wage immigrant homecare workers with deportation in order to win a vote?

SEIU Campaigner: "It was so despicable and unethical... I am sorry"

Tasty received the following email after he posted news about the labor board's recent complaint against SEIU for violating homecare workers' rights during a decertification election among 10,000 workers in Fresno County, California.

Interestingly, the email identifies specific SEIU staffers who directed SEIU's 1,000 staffers to carry out the abuses against homecare workers. Who are they? Rebecca Malberg, Debbie Schneider and Greg Pullman.

Here's the email:

hi tasty,i am ashamed to say that i campaigned for seiu-uhw in fresno in 2009, and seiu-uhw staff - led by rebecca malberg, debbie schneider, greg pullman instructed other locals' staff and members to lie to fresno homecare workers.  we told them they would lose their benefits if they voted for nuhw.  We told them they would lose everything - their retirement, their health insurance, their voice.  it was so despicable, and unethical.  seiu-uhw "leaders" lied not only to the fresno workers, but the hundreds of rank and file leaders and staff from locals around the country who were organized or were dispatched to help.
we stalked these fresno homecare workers for weeks... it was sickening, and i am sorry to have participated in such an illegal act of bullying and lies.

Labor Board: SEIU Trampled on Workers' Rights in Fresno Election for 10,000 Workers

Earlier this week, the California Public Employment Relations Board issued a formal complaint against Dave Regan's SEIU-UHW for committing a shocking list of abuses against workers during a decertification election among 10,000 homecare workers in Fresno in 2009. The board's action may ultimately lead to the overturn the election results, which gave SEIU a narrow victory over NUHW by just 233 votes.

Check out this 2-minute TV news story that aired yesterday. It has stunning footage of SEIU's Dave Regan and Fresno's homecare workers.

 

In the labor board's complaint issued earlier this week, the government agency states that Regan's SEIU-UHW violated multiple provisions of labor law by, among other things, kicking in workers' doors, "threatening to physically assault" homecare workers who favored NUHW, taking workers' ballots, lying to workers, and other "abusive behavior."

Below, Tasty pasted a full copy of the labor board's complaint against SEIU. Here's an excerpt, which reads like a criminal indictment.

During the election campaign, Respondent's agents interfered with balloting by approaching bargaining unit members at their homes, demanding that the bargaining unit member vote his or her secret ballot "on the spot" in the presence of Respondent's agent, and demanded that the bargaining unit member hand over to Respondent's agent the marked ballot, or alternatively that the bargaining unit member proceed immediately to a postal facility to mail the ballot. When the bargaining unit member traveled to a postal facility, Respondent's agent followed.

During the election campaign, Respondent's agents engaged in physical and verbal threats, and menacing and abusive behavior including: (l) kicking in a bargaining unit member's screen door to remove Charging Party's sign and replace it with Respondent's sign; (2) "shouting down" bargaining unit members; and (3) threatening to physically assault Charging Party's supporters in the presence of bargaining unit members.

During the election campaign, Respondent's agents engaged in the unlawful destruction and removal of voters' personal property including: (l) tearing down and defacing pro-Charging Party signs and literature on the private property of bargaining unit members; and (2) pointing and yelling at a bargaining unit member to take down a sticker in support of Charging Party.

During the election campaign, Respondent's agents engaged in campaign misrepresentations by falsely telling bargaining unit members that, as a consequence of voting for Charging Party, they would: (l) lose their health insurance; (2) lose their place on the Kaiser Health Plan waiting list; (3) have their wages reduced to $8.00 an hour; and/or (4) lose their jobs entirely.

Mary Kay Henry, Eliseo Medina, Dave Regan and Gerry Hudson were in Fresno for the election in 2009

Here's a link to NUHW's press release. Finally, here's the full complaint issued by the labor board:
Labor Board's Complaint against SEIU-UHW for Intimidating Workers in Fresno Homecare Election - Issued 8-20-12