[news] US Trade Union Imperialism: Puerto Rican Teachers Remind SEIU that Unionism Means More than PR

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By STEVE EARLY - June 3, 2008

...America’s most Latino-friendly-union has been romancing San Juan, [Puerto Rico], all week long...[T]he 1.7 million member **Service Employees International Union** (SEIU) continued its own PR offensive, laying the groundwork for an upcoming vote among 40,000 teachers. In that election, SEIU seeks to replace a militant independent federation as Puerto Rico’s largest labor organization...[Puerto Rican Governor Anibel Acevedo-Vila] remains a key ally in the union’s on-going campaign to destroy, with government help, the _Federacion de Maestros de Puerto Rico_ (FMPR).   


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