Dave and Eliseo get "creative"!

What to do if no one in the real press is covering your pyrrhic victory in Fresno the way you'd like them to?

What to do if every article on the election says "SEIU borrows business' anti-union tactics" or "Is Fresno SEIU's Vietnam?" instead of the nice things you wish they'd say?

Well why not write your own "article", just like Dave and Eliseo (or their PR hacks in Washington DC) did for an email to their list this week? You can just pretend it's a real article, and it can say anything you like, even lies!

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From: Eliseo Medina and Dave Regan, SEIU UHW trustees online@seiu-uhw.org
Subject: What Our Victory in Fresno Means
To: xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 10:04 AM

Now that the dust is settled, we thought you'd be interested in this article about the Fresno home care election victory, what it signifies, and what it means going forward.

Fresno Members Choose SEIU UHW
Old-Guard NUHW Officials Show Their Disrespect for Home Care Workers
By Eliseo Medina and Dave Regan

In a closely watched union election in Fresno County, home care workers have spoken: They want to stay united in the Service Employees International Union -- United Healthcare Workers-West (SEIU UHW). Their votes show they want a strong, united union so that together they can focus on what's really important -- fighting the proposed cuts to home care services at the state and local levels to protect consumers and workers.

The recently concluded mail ballot election was between SEIU UHW and NUHW, which was started by old-guard union officials who were removed from office in SEIU UHW for, among other things, improperly diverting $3 million in members' dues to a bogus non-profit organization. The old-guard officers include former president Sal Rosselli...