Blagojev-ick

See that last post? Forget my “right on” to Blagojevich. His political hijinks (lowjinks in this case?) was all over the news last night. He’s also super tight with SEIU. As a former employee of SEIU, this doesn’t surprise me. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of good folks at SEIU – the organizers with whom I worked were some of the most dedicated, hard working, good-hearted people I’ve ever met. It’s just that the top of the organization is bad news (i.e., Andy Stern, whom I affectionately prefer to call Andy Stalin). I wholeheartedly believe in the idea of a union, but I also believe that it should be entirely run by members, not paid staff. The sole purpose of a union is representation of employees. It should therefore consist of and be run by employee members. This is not the case with SEIU, which is why so much strife and controversy exists within the organization – Stern’s agenda is constantly clashing with the will of the member employees he claims to represent, while they’re the ones who are paying his salary. It seems to me that he’s simply using his position for power, to push his personal ideology regardless of the wishes of those he represents, and of course, the pay and connections ain’t bad either. This whole business with Blagojevick only reinforces the suspicions I had while working for them.

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