Tuesday, March 01, 2022

MAJOR PISSING CONTEST IN LARGEST CA STATE EMPLOYEE UNION

by Bob Walsh

SEIU Local 1000 is the largest state employee union in CA.  In May of last year the rank-and-file got radical and elected Richard Louis Brown to head the union.  He pledged to get the organization OUT of the political endorsement business and back into the business of representing employees.  

On Sunday three elected vice presidents of the union took action in an attempt to suspend Brown from his job and lock him out of the union building.  Brown announced that he does not recognize the existence of the suspension.  Brown announced instead that he has suspended the three vice presidents and has taken steps to lock them out of the building.  

There has been an ongoing fight since at least October over who is actually running the union and who has the power to do what.  

Seems likely to end up in court to me. 

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