Sadly, it looks like we can add the SEIU California State Council to the long and growing list of decent labor organizations maimed by the Californiraq crisis...
A reader writes to say that the state council is in "complete MELTDOWN" with local union political staff phoning one another frantically trying to figure out what's going on.
Rumor is that highly respected political operative, and SEIU "rising star" Ali Cooper has called it quits and is "going green" (AFSCME green) to help build their power in California. His departure leaves a gaping hole in the SEIU field program. And then there's the exodus of political director Tracy Zeluff, top lobbyist Mary Hernandez and other field and lobby staff.
Add to that that SEIU's reputation in California is down the toilet in the wake of corruption scandal at locals 6434 and 721, raids on CNA and UNITE HERE, and the UHW trusteeship (no wonder the state council have taken to calling themselves "State Council of Service Employees" in their TV ads) and you have yet another solid labor organization floundering in the wake of The International's corruption and greed.
