Tuesday, August 4

John Wilhelm spells it out...

Well sort of. Here's an email from Wilhelm to Stern that's being circulated by UNITE HERE...

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August 3, 2009

To: Andy Stern
From: John W. Wilhelm

SEIU Raids: the Last Straw

Recently I detailed several blatant raids by SEIU on UNITE HERE bargaining units. I also pointed out that SEIU is probing many more UNITE HERE workplaces, seeking to foment additional raids.

Your only response was that these raids are in "legitimately disputed areas." In each example, I spelled out the history of the unit in question. These units are "disputed" only because SEIU decided to go after them, and thus you have deemed them "disputed."

SEIU raids continue. Last Friday, July 31, SEIU filed a raid petition at the Radisson Ambassador Plaza Hotel and Casino in Puerto Rico. These workers are represented by UNITE HERE Local 610, which has never been part of a Joint Board from the former UNITE. The Local 610 Executive Board voted to stay with UNITE HERE. Local 610's only sin in SEIU's eyes is that its officers, a group of rank and filers, won the Local Union election against a slate supported by Edgar Romney, and that it has remained part of UNITE HERE.

This is the third raid petition SEIU has filed in the last six weeks against Local 610.

You leave us no choice.

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...So what now?

Posted by Perez Stern at 12:37 PM
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What is Perez Stern?

SEIU staff and officers think they can hide in the dark. Already in their hostile takeover of UHW they've injured members, held boss-style captive audience meetings for staff, and refused to give us their names.

Andy Stern and his appointees love to think they're rich, famous, powerful, and accountable to no one. A member led union just doesn't fit in with their plans for stardom! They like to drive around in SUVs with tinted windows, acting like they (literally) own the place.

So if they want to be famous, let's help them! If you're an SEIU member or employee, tell Perez what the SEIU trustees and appointees are up to, and help them feel just like Paris Hilton.

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