[lbo-talk] Hollow Party

[Joseph Wanzala]

SEIU Chief Says A Kerry Loss May Be Best For Unions & Dems
The president of the largest AFL-CIO union, Service Employees International 
Union, said yesterday the Democratic Party and labor movement might be 
better off in the long run if Senator John Kerry loses the election. SEIU's 
head Andrew Stern told the Washington Post that both the party and organized 
labor are in a deep crisis, devoid of new ideas and working with archaic 
structures. SEIU, which represents 1.6 million workers, is officially 
backing Kerry. But Stern said Kerry's election may slow much needed reforms 
within the Democrats which he described as a "hollow party." During the 
primaries SEIU backed Howard Dean.