Detroit native Mary Kay Henry is the new president of the Service Employees International Union. She began her career as an organizer for SEIU, which represents many government workers.Her challenges will be many, including a 16-fold increase in the union's liabilities since 2000, coping with $85 million in debt, and critical-status pensions, with the exception of the plan that covers Henry's predecessor, Andy Stern, and other bosses.
Since cash is tight for SEIU, do you think that the union, which spent $60.7 million to elect Barack Obama president, will drop its politicking?
Nope. It has budgeted $40 million to this year's races, and has allocated an additional $4 million for targeted gubernatorial races, including Illinois. SEIU has been one of Quinn's top contributors, and Quinn returned the favor by issuing an executive order calling for an election to organize home health care workers--who mostly care for their disabled adult children.
It's called payback.
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