New SEIU leadership has "shown interest" in rejoining AFL-CIO

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/13421

Submitted by Jesse Russell on April 29, 2010 - 2:41pm
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Could new leadership at the Service Employees International Union see a sea of purple washing onto the shores of the AFL-CIO? AFL President Richard Trumka created speculation on Thursday when he told reporters in New York City that the incoming head of the organization, Mary Kay Henry, has “shown interest.” In 2005 then SEIU President Andy Stern broke his organization off from the AFL along with the Teamsters and the UFCW.

http://www.laborradio.org/node/13421

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. Change to Win and the AFL-CIO are both struggling to win

passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and other labor reform items. Internal battles aren't going to improve the union movement's prospects at a time when -- with "allies" in control of the White House and Congress -- it should be flexing its muscles. CTW has already lost UNITE-HERE--SEIU leaving would cripple CTW, and make Trumka and the AFL-CIO that much stronger at a very critical time.

KNR