[lbo-talk] SEIU's sleazy anti-Nader campaign

[Lance Murdoch]

I guess Andy Stern is doing penance for his momentary lack of
prostration before the Democrats.  I guess this is what giving up on
organizing campaigns for electoral campaigns leads to.  Welcome to the
new AFL-CIO, same as the old AFL-CIO:

http://www.counterpunch.com/donnelly09102004.html

Judge Lipscomb's heroic ruling comes on the heels of a dirty campaign
waged by the Democrats and their union henchmen, notably the public
employees union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

In August, sixty Nader petition circulators received a letter in the
mail from the union's law firm stating that they were "under
investigation" for fraudulently filling out the petition form and
could "face a felony conviction and a prison term." One person "under
investigation" was a lawyer who had just herself and her family sign.
One elderly woman had two people show up at her house past 9 PM
telling her that she was under investigation and that she might do
jail time for not filling out her forms right. All of her forms were
found to be in compliance.

"The evidence indicates a clear pattern of widespread signature fraud
in the effort to put Nader on the ballot," SEIU union spokesman Mark
Weiner baldly lied.