A Crime and a Shame?

Remember Monica Russo? The president of SEIU Healthcare Florida (1199 Florida?) If you don't you might remember her as part of the Famous Duo: Tyrone and Monica Rock the SEIU Convention!

Turns out Miss Monica's local is the latest to be gobbled up 1199 (aka SEIU UHE)! Not sure when it will happen, but sounds like Monica might be looking for a new gig...Now that Tyrone has been "let go" from his sports agent gig the time might be right for those two to go on American Idol!

What does it mean when another SEIU boss is placed on leave?

...sounds like someone did something naughty!

Tasty hears the Gilda Valdez , Chief of Staff at SEIU 1021, has been placed on leave while her use of union funds is being investigated!

You may remember Gilda as a member of 1021's "Salsa Team" that tried to guarantee that only delegates loyal to 1021's President Damita Davis-Howard would be elected to delegate positions at the SEIU 2008 convention in Puerto Rico.

Word is that 1021 and SEIU are keeping this under wraps while they figure out how extensive the misconduct is and how best to keep it from turning into yet another financial scandal.

Tasty wonders if Andy Stern and Anna Burger ever wonder why the staff they promote to do their dirty work are also untrustworthy with SEIU members' dues and rights? Annelle Grajeda (721), Tyrone Freeman (6434), Rickman Jackson (6434/Michigan), Sharon-Frances Moore (221), Jane McAlevey (1107), Byron Hobbs (880), Alejandro Stephens (1021)...who is next?

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Thank you, Scott Silber, Thank you for this.

Gosh! Don't you just love it when Zombie UHW's staff is wacky? Tasty sure does.


Let's think back on just a few of our old faves:

Alex Espinoza
Rebecca Mahlberg
The Tyrone and Monica Show
Michelle Ringuette
Miles Granderson
Lisa Gude
Hal Ruddick
Mary Kay Henry


Now let's meet a new one. Scott Silber. We learned about him yesterday, when he was busy patrolling Kaiser's halls for 'unfair labor practices."

Tasty got a TON of emails about Scott. Here are some fun facts!

• Scott Silber was an activist in college and has an FBI file! Tasty hopes the the FBI will take note that Scott is now on the side of law and order and hall monitoring.
  
• Scott has an extensive online resume and bio--favorite fact: "Today, Scott Silber performs in the “organic theater” group “The Romero Troupe” and studies the therapeutic role of storytelling and ancient indigenous spiritual wisdom & music." Kumbaya!
• Scott sees an organizers role as a self-healer. "Silber argues that this is a function of many movement’s organizers’ and activists’ tendency to work towards the healing of others before focusing on their own healing needs, inviting an eventual “recipe for disaster that damages those enrolled in their movements and in their own lives with the power of so much unhealed hurt inside these movement's own organizers.”" Yes, that's why we pay dues. Exactly.
  
• Scott used to work on justice issues with many progressive groups, including our brothers and sisters at HERE in Texas. Yes, the same union that SEIU is currently trying to raid. Scott--when did you lose your way, brother?

Tasty urges all Zombie UHW staff to put up on-line bios that are this entertaining.

Some workers get to vote...All of them reject SEIU.

While the trusteeship of UHW and the war with UniteHere has almost totally derailed SEIU's organizing program there is still one place where organizers have enough time to try to recruit new members instead of begging or harassing workers to stay in SEIU: California's primer Long Term Care worker's union (aka Tyrone Freeman's cash cow)SEIU Local 6434. Lucky workers!

Sadly, the staff don't have the skills to help workers build a union and beat back the boss...For example a recent election at Sunny View Care Center in Los Angeles:

24 SEIU
28 NO

(hint to those health care workers at Sunny View: www.nuhw.org)


Maybe the staff are too focused on THEIR internal union election!

That is right, since Tyrone and his cronies have split, the Trustees have failed to befriend the staff. And thus the staff of 6434 "Homecare Workers Training Center" and "California United Homecare Workers" have filed for an election with CWA9000.

Wonder if that election will be blocked too? 6434 staff: email me so you can share your stories about life inside your workplace! tastysternburger@gmail.com

All of this information is available at your local NLRB, the government agency both SEIU and the Boss are using to keep workers in line!