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Author: BattleOutWest Recently, SEIU locals on the west coast merged into a couple of large locals, 1021 and 521. Haven’t found much news outside of some blogs that have cared: http://leftinsf.com/blog/index.php/archives/1505 Any other unions notice this merger and asked what was behind it?

Reverse Mortgage for a Union Members http://www.unions.org/home/retirement.php I am writing because my father worked hard in the die casting shop of a major utility for 30 years. I know I’m speaking to the choir when I say things have changed since our fathers were in a Union before the offset of economics began to outweigh [...]