On AlterNet: andy stern

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How a 77-Year-Old Visionary Author Became the Target of a Far-Ranging Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory

Peter Dreier, AlterNet. March 25, 2010.

The bizarre tale of how Frances Fox Piven came to be seen as the author of a blueprint for a radical takeover of American society by paranoid conservatives.

Too Late: Obama Organizers Finally Rail Against Obama on Health Care

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. December 20, 2009.

From dissatisfied Obama campaign staffers to fed-up SEIU members, many are unhappy with Obama on health care reform. At last.

Service Employees Vote to Split United Healthcare Workers-West, Members Call for Disaffiliation

Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. January 14, 2009.

The move would create a single local union for all of SEIU's nursing home and home-care workers in California.

SEIU Head Andy Stern Knows How to Restore America's Middle Class

Robert Greenwald, Meet the Bloggers. September 13, 2008.

From this week's Meet the Bloggers.

What's Wal-Mart So Afraid of? Four words: Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films. September 12, 2008.

Watch Brave New Films' latest video on EFCA.

State of the Union: SEIU Faces Dissent In the Ranks

David Moberg, In These Times. April 24, 2008.

The political fight developing within SEIU has broad implications for the labor movement and progressive politics.

Corporate America Trying to Make Union Activities Illegal

Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes. March 26, 2008.

"This is a terrible menace to rights of free speech and protest, and constitutional rights and freedom of expression."

Labor Head Andy Stern Has Some Unusual Corporate Bedfellows

Liza Featherstone, The Nation. July 2, 2007.

SEIU President Andy Stern heads one of the strongest unions in the country, yet he's stood on stage to campaign with anti-union CEOs like Wal-Mart's Lee Scott. Why is he so cozy with corporations?