Sources say that Andy Stern's girlfriend - a blogger named Jane Hamsher - may have broken up with Mr. Purple.
Last week, while SEIU staffers were pelting the Vice President of the Los Angeles teachers union with eggs, Bill Lloyd (President of SEIU Local 99) reportedly was negotiating a secret sell-out contract covering 1,200 employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Sources say that the affected members of Local 99, who were negotiating their first-ever contract, are "mad as hell" because Bill Lloyd negotiated and signed the contract without even informing the bargaining team. And get this: Workers won't even get to vote on the contract because Lloyd agreed to merge the 1,200 employees into an existing unit of Local 99 members, which happens to have the worst of Local 99's contracts with LA Unified School District (Unit G). Workers first learned about Lloyd's secret deal when Neneki Lee, Local 99's Staff Director, congratulated them about their new contract during a MOC meeting. Members of the bargaining team looked at each other and said, "What is she talking about?" Neneki said, "I thought you knew." I guess Lloyd hadn't figured out how to tell the bargaining committee that he had sold them out. Or maybe Neneki was just playing dumb. The 1,200 workers are "Community Reps" who organize parents to get involved in their kids' education and also run the Parents' Centers at LA's public schools. After learning about Lloyd's sell-out deal, workers confronted Local 99 officials. Two union officials (Linda Joseph and Maria Contreras) reportedly gave workers the run-around and then tried to blame the whole thing on staffers who no longer even work at the union. Given his personal history, Bill Lloyd's top-down deal makes total sense. Andy Stern appointed Lloyd to run Local 99 after it was trusteed following a corruption scandal by a previous Stern appointee, Janett Humphries. Recently, Andy appointed Bill "Top-Down" Lloyd to be the president of the SEIU California State Council after the Stern's previous appointee, Annelle Grajeda, resigned because of her alleged involvement in steering tens of thousands of dollars of union members' dues money to her former boyfriend. |
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 7:03 PM Mike, When I read the communication that was sent out by the staff regarding Doroteo Garcia Vs SEIU Local 1877 USWW it made me sick to my stomach, but it also made me happy. Happy to know that some of my assumptions have been correct on what the current USWW leadership, some of the rank and file cronies and a large part of the staff think of rank and file members that choose to run for office, have a difference of opinion or question the practices and policies of our Union . Assumptions that behind our back, and sometimes to our face; we the people are called troublemakers, reformistas, anti SEIU members amongst others. I applaud Doroteo Garcia and the many others that stepped up as is their right to do so and chose to participate in the elections of Local 1877. I applaud them because they had the testicular fortitude to stand up and tell everyone in their Union that they too also have something to offer to make their Union stronger. These elections resemble Mexico during the time of the Porfiriato and the Anti-Reelection movement, because like the leaders of the country back in that period, the current leadership of USWW and some of its locals work endlessly to create an illusion of democracy, while secretly ridiculing and working to quell all those that have opposing views. All we need to see now is the "Pan, o palo." I see USWW as an increasingly systematic and methodical regime and in good conscience, as a member I can no longer allow or remain silent on my responsibility to the membership of USWW to act out of principle and speak out on the way that Doroteo Garcia and others on that slate are being portrayed by some of the USWW Leadership and staff. I say this with no ill will, but with a deep sense of conviction. Therefore, my conscience leaves me no option but to resign my position as a member of the USWW Executive Board effective immediately I will continue as President of my Local, and continue to abide by the SEIU International Bylaws, USWW Bylaws, Local and Chapter Bylaws. In Unity, Jose N. Escanuela SEIU Local 2007, President |
On November 18th, SEIU UHW brought 45 large pizzas and dozens of paid SEIU staff to their sham picket at Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. The problem is, almost no actual ABSMC workers showed up.
What happened to all the leftover pizza? Even though over 800 members work at the Summit campus of ABSMC, SEIU literally couldn't give their pizza away. Witnesses reported seeing paid SEIU staff walking back to their cars with 2 or 3 boxes each, but even after taking care of themselves SEIU staff had enough to give to Sutter's security guards.
Which food will star next in SEIU's food fight with it's own members?
Email your guesses to tastysternburger@gmail.com
