Tasty hears that Dave
Regan's latest conjugal adventure with the hospital industry is sparking divisions
even
inside SEIU.
The divisions, say sources, emerged during last week's
meeting of the SEIU International
Executive Board in Ontario, Canada.
(Interestingly, at the time of the
meeting, Regan was supposed to be getting questioned in front of an NLRB judge
in California, but instead skipped town in violation of the judge's orders and a
subpoena.)
The divisions at the IEB meeting were provoked by news that Regan
-- in an effort to curry favor with his pinstriped pals at the California Hospital Association -- has
hired a team of hospital industry consultants to steer healthcare services out
of hospitals and into outpatient clinics. Many SEIU officials fear that Regan's efforts will lead to huge job
losses among SEIU’s members across the U.S.
In California, Regan has presided
over the elimination of large numbers of SEIU-UHW
members’ jobs, including hundreds at Sutter
Health's Alta Bates Summit Medical
Center in Oakland, California and thousands at Kaiser Permanente.
Apparently, the top dogs at SEIU’s California locals
were especially critical of Regan, including Luisa Blue of Local 521, LaPhonza Butler of United Long Term Care Workers, and Bob
Schoonover of Local 721.
How deep are the divisions inside SEIU’s International Executive
Board?
Tasty's source describes them as "deeper than
ever."
