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'''Andy Stern''' (b. 1950) since 1996 has been the president of the powerful [[Service Employees International Union]] (SEIU), one of the largest, most aggressive and most liberal of American labor unions.
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.
==Further reading==
* Fink, Leon, and Brian Greenberg. ''Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199/SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism'' (2nd ed. 2009)
* 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]
[[Category:Labor Unions]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
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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.
==Further reading==
* Fink, Leon, and Brian Greenberg. ''Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: 1199/SEIU and the Politics of Healthcare Unionism'' (2nd ed. 2009)
* 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]
[[Category:Labor Unions]]
[[Category:Liberals]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Andy}}