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'''Andrew Stern''' (b. 1950) is an American labor union leader as the president (1996-) of the powerful [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU), the second largest and most aggressive and fastest growing of American labor unions.  As a result of substantial gains in power over the course of his tenure, he is considered the most powerful labor boss in the country. [[File:Seiu-logo.png|thumb]] He annoys liberals by cooperating with employers rather than confronting them--indeed, he is more likely to confront other unions.

'''Andrew Stern''' (born 1950) is an American labor union leader as the president (1996-) of the powerful [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU), the second largest and most aggressive and fastest growing of American labor unions.  As a result of substantial gains in power over the course of his tenure, he is considered the most powerful labor boss in the country. [[File:Seiu-logo.png|thumb]] He annoys liberals by cooperating with employers rather than confronting them—indeed, he is more likely to confront other unions.

==Career==

==Career==

==Change to Win==

==Change to Win==

In the last two decades a great deal of consolidation happened in the union movement. The garment workers union UNITE<ref> The successor to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Its membership is shrinking but it has a large treasury and own a profitable bank.</ref>  and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union), merged in 2004 to create a new union UNITE HERE, with 450,000 members. Then UNITE HERE formed a coalition with the Teamsters, SEIU,  the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Laborers, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) to form '''Change to Win'''. It sought to displace the well-established [[AFL-CIO]]. Stern became the spokesman for Change to Win and he challenged AFL-CIO president John Sweeney for national attention.

In the last two decades a great deal of consolidation happened in the union movement. The garment workers union UNITE<ref>The successor to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union. Its membership is shrinking but it has a large treasury and own a profitable bank.</ref>  and HERE (Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union), merged in 2004 to create a new union UNITE HERE, with 450,000 members. Then UNITE HERE formed a coalition with the Teamsters, SEIU,  the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), the Laborers, and the United Farm Workers (UFW) to form '''Change to Win'''. It sought to displace the well-established [[AFL-CIO]]. Stern became the spokesman for Change to Win and he challenged AFL-CIO president John Sweeney for national attention.

Although neutral in the primaries in 2008, he threw all of SEIU's energies and money into the Obama campaign.

Although neutral in the primaries in 2008, he threw all of SEIU's energies and money into the Obama campaign.

* Stern, Andy. ''A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track'' (2006), a primary source explaining his ideas [http://www.amazon.com/Country-That-Works-Getting-America/dp/0743297687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257828869&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

* Stern, Andy. ''A Country That Works: Getting America Back on Track'' (2006), a primary source explaining his ideas [http://www.amazon.com/Country-That-Works-Getting-America/dp/0743297687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1257828869&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]

   

   

==Also See==

==See also==

* [[SEIU]]

* [[SEIU]]

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

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