A Union Chief's BOLD New Tack
Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 03:57AM
TheSpook
Even as SEIU President Andrew Stern heads
a massive effort to put a Democrat in the White House, he admits the
party needs fixing . With 1.6 million members, the Service Employees
International Union is the nation's fastest-growing labor group. Much
of the credit goes to SEIU President Andrew L. Stern, who has added
800,000 members since taking the helm in 1996. Now, while Stern throws
its muscle behind Big Labor's efforts to get John Kerry elected, he's
also pushing for changes at the AFL-CIO, of which the SEIU is a part.
He said "In the end, the election is going to be won by turning out new
voters who aren't necessarily swing or independent. They just have been
previously unregistered or previously not voting.... It's a very thin
margin." [more]
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