> Wasn't Freeman close to Stern, and the leader of the local that Stern wanted
> to absorb UHW into, to get rid of the troublesome Rosselli? In other words,
> to crush internal dissent, Stern picked a deputy who turned out to be deeply
> corrupt?
Nope. When Stern installed Freeman at Local 6434, Rosselli was a supporter of the International program. With Freeman in LA, Stern increased the power and size of Rosselli's NoCal L 250 by merging it with the SoCal hospital workers L 399.
> So it looks like Stern's actions, from the start, were wretched.
I don't get what's wretched about "throwing a former protege to the wolves" when that person has stolen $1 million from homecare and nursing home workers. Oh yeah, Stern did it, so it must be bad.