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==Career==

==Career==

The son of a wealthy lawyer, Stern became radicalized as a student at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania (BA 1971).  he became a social worker and joined the SEIU, then a much smaller union.  A brilliant, tireless organizer, he moved up rapidly to president of his local and then to chief organizer nationally for the union. His boss was John Sweeney, who moved on to head the AFL-CIO in 2005 when Stern pulled the SEIU out of that group.  

The son of a wealthy lawyer, Stern became radicalized as a student at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania (BA 1971).  he became a social worker and joined the SEIU, then a much smaller union.  A brilliant, tireless organizer, he moved up rapidly to president of his local and then to chief organizer nationally for the union. His boss was John Sweeney, who moved on to head the AFL-CIO in 2005 when Stern pulled the SEIU out of that group.  

==SEIU boss==

==SEIU boss==

Taking over as president in 1996, Stern emphasized growth in numbers, often offering employers a "sweet deal" with low wages and no strikes if they allow the SEIU to sign up all employees. He doubled the size of the SEIU from one million to two million members, adding hundreds of thousands of janitors, nurses and office workers. In 2005, he took the SEIU out of the [[AFL-CIO]], complaining it was too old-fashioned and factory-oriented, and was unable to adjust to the new economic realities of a service based economy.  

Taking over as president in 1996, Stern emphasized growth in numbers, often offering employers a "sweet deal" with low wages and no strikes if they allow the SEIU to sign up all employees. He doubled the size of the SEIU from one million to two million members, adding hundreds of thousands of janitors, nurses and office workers. In 2005, he took the SEIU out of the [[AFL-CIO]], complaining it was too old-fashioned and factory-oriented, and was unable to adjust to the new economic realities of a service based economy.  

   

   

==Also See==

==Also See==

*[[SEIU]]

* [[SEIU]]

* [[Big government]] [[Welfare state]] leads to [[Nanny state]], leads to [[Police state]]

[[Category:Labor Unions]]

* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]

[[Category:Liberals]]

 

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