Do you
remember Caleb
“the Creepy Bathroom Monitor” Jennings?
Last
October, SEIU fired
Jennings amidst a widening harassment scandal kicked off by
revelations about former SEIU Executive Vice President Scott Courtney.
Jennings, a
director of SEIU’s “Fight for $15”
campaign in Detroit, was fired following allegations he operated as a “mini-Scott
Courtney” who “relished bullying people and trying to intimidate them
(especially women),” according to an anonymous source.
In 2017, a
female SEIU organizer won more than $20,000 in back pay and a reinstatement
order from an NLRB judge after Jennings wrongfully terminated her as an
organizer in the “Fight for $15” campaign. According to
BuzzFeed,
Jennings “became violent, ripping [the female organizer’s] work phone out of
her hands and subsequently shoving her against a door frame.”
So what’s Jennings
doing now?
Here’s a
clue:
That’s
right. Jennings has become an “expert” in helping to gentrify Chicago by
converting multi-unit apartment buildings into AirBnb hotels.
Hey Caleb,
that’s super helpful… especially for fast food
workers struggling to pay rent.
Not unsurprisingly, Jennings
has already raised the ire of Chicago community leaders and anti-displacement
advocates.
The contradictions in Caleb's career path are not unusual for SEIU officials. You could say he’s had a lot of "entrepreneurial" role models at SEIU like Andy Stern (who’s been busy padding his pockets as a high-paid consultant for Uber, Airbnb, Handy and other tech companies) and Tyrone
Freeman (who's now running a consulting firm to help homecare companies make more profit).
Stay tuned for news of the next SEIU entrepreneur.
