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January 29, 2009

SEIU Removes Leadership at Dissident California Local
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Meanwhile, the executive of the Service Employees International Union
has taken over one of its largest locals, California’s 150,000-member
United Healthcare Workers-West, after a more than year-long dispute. The
SEIU has removed the local’s leadership, which has vocally criticized
SEIU president Andy Stern. Critics have accused Stern of ignoring
overwhelming opposition from local members. The local says it plans on
forming a new union, the National Union of Healthcare Workers.



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