Inside Man: SEIU/LA

Posted Fri, 08/29/2008 - 03:44 by rba
Paul Pringle/LAT: Congress investigates L.A. local of the Service Employees International Union:
A congressional committee has opened an inquiry into a financial scandal enveloping the Service Employees International Union's biggest California local because of six-figure payments made to firms owned by relatives of its president.
Complete series: Union boss under fire: A Times Special Report. Union payroll information is in the USDOJ OLMS/ESA Database.

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Okay... let me see if I understand this....

by cho - 08/29/2008 - 05:24
Sal Rosselli gets kicked out of the SEIU Executive Leadership because he challenges Stern's centralizing power -- I think you tipped me off to all that when we wrote about it here. At the same time this guy Tyrone Freeman was doling out money to his buddies... and fully backed by the central power of the SEIU...?? Just trying to get my mind wrapped around it all. Gotta hand it to the CNA -- they seem to stay focused on the issues of universal health care and patient / nurse ratios.

Reporting

by rba - 08/29/2008 - 10:57
Old style - they just kept digging until they'd uncovered the full story. When I think about the potential of the "online community", I think of stories like that one. And yeah, Stern's an autocrat.

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