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==UNITE HERE crisis==
==UNITE HERE crisis==
Recently Stern's SEIU has been raiding members from UNITE HERE, thus creating a deep division in the Change to Win coalition. In 2008 Bruce Raynor of UNITE, the co-president of UNITE HERE declare the UNITE HERE merger a failure, and tried to take UNITE (and its bank) into SEIU. The other co-president John Wilhelm of HERE protested loudly, and the internecine battle was on. Stern He financed and, with Raynor, created a new hotel-restaurant-casino union called 'Workers United" that is part of SEIU and is now openly trying to sign up HERE members. Raynor resigned from UNITE HERE, becoming president of Workers United and executive vice president of SEIU, working closely with Stern.
Recently Stern's SEIU has been raiding members from UNITE HERE, thus creating a deep division in the Change to Win coalition. In 2008 Bruce Raynor of UNITE, the co-president of UNITE HERE declare the UNITE HERE merger a failure, and tried to take UNITE (and its bank) into SEIU. The other co-president John Wilhelm of HERE protested loudly, and the internecine battle was on. Stern used SEIU's money and, with Raynor, created a new hotel-restaurant-casino union called 'Workers United" that is part of SEIU and is now openly trying to sign up HERE members. Raynor resigned from UNITE HERE, becoming president of Workers United and executive vice president of SEIU, working closely with Stern.
==Card Check and health care==
==Card Check and health care==
Meanwhile the turmoil has given conservatives in Congress another good reason to fight [[EFCA]] (a card-check device that would replace secret union elections), because it would be used in factional fights. Card check and [[Obamacare|socialized medicine]] are Stern's top priorities in Washington; he probably will lose on the card check proposal.
Meanwhile the turmoil has given conservatives in Congress another good reason to fight [[EFCA]] (a card-check device that would replace secret union elections), because it would be used in factional fights. Card check and [[Obamacare|socialized medicine]] are Stern's top priorities in Washington; he probably will lose on the card check proposal.