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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

There's a reason organized labor is suddenly showing signs of life. His name is Andy Stern. He's like no union boss you've ever seen

There's a reason organized labor is suddenly showing signs of life. His name is Andy Stern. He's like no union boss you've ever seen
Source: Fortune
In a sunlit office overlooking Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., union leader Andrew Stern, 55, is sipping coffee and holding a midmorning meeting with a few top aides. The subject is a study on the future of government - a topic of deep interest since roughly half the 1.8 million members of his Service Employees International Union (SEIU) work in the public sector. It's solid leader-as-visionary stuff but fairly predictable until, as things wind to a close, Stern suddenly kicks it up. Way up.

 



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