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Andrew "Andy" L. Stern (born 1950) is the president of the Service Employees International Union, the largest and fastest-growing union in the United States and Canada. Elected in 1996 to succeed John Sweeney, Stern has become known as something of a firebrand in the AFL-CIO, adopting a strategy of aggressive organizing while sometimes vocally criticizing other union leaders and the AFL-CIO's organizing structure. One of the co-founders of the New Unity Partnership, he has publicly suggested his and other unions might split from the AFL-CIO if it fails to make major organizational changes. (On July 25, 2005 the SEIU, along with the Teamsters, announced that it was officially disaffiliating from the AFL-CIO.) 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest labor union in the United States and the fastest growing, representing 1. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
John Sweeney is the name of: The AFL-CIO President A New York Congressman a politician in Ontario, Canada A London policeman This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
The AFL-CIO is the largest labor union federation in the United States. ...
Stern was widely expected to support the anticipated candidacy of John L. Wilhelm, vice-president of UNITE HERE, for AFL-CIO president (challenging Sweeney) in 2005; after the AFL-CIO split this came to nothing. UNITE HERE is a result of a 2004 merger of two American labor unions: the Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE) and the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE). ...
Born in West Orange, New Jersey, Stern was a student leftist in the 1960s. He earned a B.A. in education and urban planning from the University of Pennsylvania . Stern began his career as a social worker and SEIU member in 1973, eventually being elected president of his Pennsylvania local. In 1980, he was elected to the union's executive board, and in 1984 then-president Sweeney put him in charge of its organizing efforts. West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ...
The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...
A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...
1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
Stern has also embraced political organizing via the internet in the wake of the Howard Dean campaign, which his union endorsed; he has started his own blog as well as founding Purple Ocean, an online membership organization affiliated with the SEIU, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean Howard Brush Dean III, M.D. (born November 17, 1948) is a prominent American Democratic politician, currently serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. ...
The first use of the term weblog. ...
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the largest and fastest growing labor union in the United States and Canada, representing 1. ...
Since May 2005 he has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...
The Huffington Post (often shortened to HuffPost or HuffPo) is a left-leaning political group weblog founded by Arianna Huffington. ...
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