Shy and "retiring".

An NUHW volunteer got this autoreply to an email they sent to Mary Ann Collins, who has served for many years as Andy Stern's very own Assistant. Collins is so high up in Stern's clique that she sits on the board of many of SEIU's dozen subsidiaries.

In the autoreply email, Collins announces that she has left SEIU and is now the Deputy Director of Change to Win.

That's funny, because she's here in California working the UHW trusteeship. According to insiders, her name is featured prominently in the organizational flowchart for the trusteed UHW, where she plays a lead role in "HR."

Perez has to ask - does Change to Win know that its Deputy Director is working on the trusteeship of an SEIU local? Would CTW's other member unions consider this an appropriate use of CTW's resources? How many other CTW staffers are assigned to Stern's Californiraq? Maybe SEIU laid off so many of its staff that Stern is having to dip into the CTW ranks?

Anyway, Perez tried to reach Mary Ann Collins at her new CTW office number, but was disappointed to get a recording for a CTW campaigns called "Put Pharmacy First." Could it be that Stern has given her the vital role of dispensing medication to the SEIU scab staff? Perez hears that many of them are having difficulty sleeping...

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: NY Daily News article
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:49:37 -0500
From: "MaryAnn Collins" MaryAnn.Collins@seiu.org
To: nuhw.update@nuhw.org

Mary Ann Collins has "retired" from SEIU after thirty years with the union! However, she'll remain in the labor movement and connected to SEIU through her work at Change to Win. You may contact her there at:

Mary Ann Collins
Deputy Director
Change to Win
1900 L St NW Suite 900
Washington DC 20036
Maryann.collins@changetowin.org
202 256 5710 (cell)
202 721 6022 (office)