Friday, November 18, 2011

SEIU President Arrested as Occupy Wall Street

The president of the very politically active union, SEIU, was arrested last night at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, while she was participating in the Occupy Wall Street protest.

Mary Kay Henry was arrested along with George Gresham, the president of 1199 S.E.I.U. United Healthcare Workers East, and Kevin Doyle, the executive vice president of S.E.I.U. 32BJ.

Wearing white shirts emblazoned with “99%,” the three were among a group of 99 people who staged a sit-in at about 6 p.m. said the spokeswoman, Leah Gonzalez of S.E.I.U. United Healthcare Workers East, according to NYT.

It appears that this radical union, which also had many rank and file SEIU members at the protest, is attempting to gain influence with the occupiers.

Of note, former SEIU president Andy Stern was at the White House 22 times in the first six months of the Obama Administration, making him its most frequent visitor.

Mary Kay Henry is founder of the union's gay and lesbian caucus and led recruitment drives in California for health-care workers at Tenet Healthcare and Beverly Enterprises.

According to BusinessWeek, the SEIU spent $85 million to help elect Democrats in 2008.



2 comments:

  1. Is there any public figures of how much these people are paid per year by the SEIU? I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they most likely don't belong to the 99%...

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  2. http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOfficerEmployeeQry.do

    Union Desig Name Desig Num Name

    Title Type City State Total Amount
    2010 Report SERVICE EMPLOYEES LOCAL UNION 1199
    File Num: 031-847 LOCAL UNION 1199 GEORGE GRESHAM

    PRESIDENT OFFICER NEW YORK NY $200,956

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