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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 ::
Union chief pushing for reform of AFL-CIO By Nancy Cleeland, LATimes
Taking 1.7 million members out of the 13 million-member AFL-CIO would have a deep financial impact, but the larger hit could be psychological. As a fast-growing union whose members are in occupations that can't easily be shipped overseas, it is one of the brightest lights in organized labor.
But the SEIU would not be alone in leaving the federation. Three years ago, Doug McCarron, president of the International Brotherhood of Carpenters, pulled his union out in a similar disagreement over direction and structure.
Some speculate that Stern had already decided to leave, and was now merely laying the groundwork.
Stern is a founder of the New Unity Partnership, a group of five union leaders pressing for radical change in the AFL-CIO, but he said the proposals he made last week were his alone.------------------------------------------- posted 6:54 AM :: reference link ::
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