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  • Letter to the Editor: IUOE

    Contributed by James H. Thomas
     
    I would have liked to start out this article about my union, the IUOE, on a positive note. However, for a very long time I have been troubled by where my union has been in the past, and now where it has arrived.
     
    Turmoil from coast to coast, all-out war against anyone speaking out and worse, schemes against workers entitled to pensions and other benefits. The IUOE International uses its vast resources for all the wrong reasons and against the wrong people: their own members.
     

  • Just in time. Andy Stern retires from SEIU

    Andy Stern's retirement as SEIU president took everyone by surprise. He is only 59 and voluntarily stepped out at the height of his power inside the union. Why? It was a rare initiative among top leaders who usually try to hold on until they are tottering on canes. If he said that he yearned to spend more time with his loving family, who would believe him? But he explained that he always felt that leaders should quit early to make room for the younger generation. Believable, even admirable --- except for one element that may not ring quite true:

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