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Highlights from UHW members' visit to Andy Stern's trusteeship 'hearing'
September 29th, 2008

Andy Stern's trusteeship hearing against UHW is over for now, after we flexed our muscle at the San Mateo Events Center. The thousands of UHW members who came from all over California delivered the message loud and clear: our voices will never be silenced.

Highlights from our coverage of the two-day hearing include four episodes of web video program Keepin' It Real, two photo slideshows, and multiple member blog posts of the events.
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Los Angeles Times: Union paid millions to companies with family ties
September 26, 2008
By Paul Pringle, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
An SEIU spokeswoman says there's nothing improper about the payments.
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Stern ignores growing support for delay of hearing, rebuffs Department of Labor
September 25th, 2008
Andy Stern's singleminded drive to retaliate against UHW's leaders for speaking out has led him to ignore or deny requests made by his own hearing officer, the police department of the city hosting the hearing, and the United States Department of Labor. Documents below.
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Bill Fletcher on Democracy Now!: Attack Against UHW Absurd, Ironic
September 20th, 2008

Longtime labor activist and scholar Bill Fletcher appeared on Democracy Now! this week, saying the attempted trusteeship of UHW is an absurd proposition that comes "at absolutely the worst time."

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SEIU: You Won’t Intimidate Organized Rank-And-File Union Members
September 30th, 2008
JuanAntionio Molina UHW Member"This is a movement of union members who have one goal: to keep our democratically run union", post by JuanMolina UHW Member
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Amy Thigpen Gives Reflections on the Trusteeship Hearing
September 26th, 2008
At the mid-day point on the first day of the trusteeship hearing, Medical Social Worker Amy Thigpen gives some initial thougts on what's happened so far. Day two - Raising the Roof.
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Mary Mundy Blogging from UHW Trusteeship Hearing
September 25th, 2008
Mary Mundy, member blogger, blogs about the first and second day of the trusteeship hearing. She also blogs about the Windsor strike and our fight to keep UHW our union.
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Whose union? Our union! UHW members get inside SEIU's 'War Room'
by Gary Allen, LVN, Western Medical Center, Anaheim
September 18th, 2008
Gary Allen, a Licensed Vocational Nurse and UHW shop steward at Western Medical Center, was among the nearly 100 members who showed up at SEIU's regional office in Oakland to demand an end to the attacks against UHW.
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Los Angeles Times: SEIU Accuses Freeman of Misusing Funds
September 17th, 2008
Local 6434 President Tyrone Freeman has been removed from the payroll and faces formal dismissal pending an internal hearing, according to a union official who asked not to be named. Freeman went on paid leave last month, following disclosures by The Times about the local's spending practices.

Most of the findings mirror The Times' reports, although an SEIU report contains new allegations that Freeman spent union funds on his Hawaiian wedding and improperly paid himself stipends through an affiliated local and a housing corporation. The nine-page report from a union trustee to SEIU Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger was obtained by The Times.

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