Monday, April 16, 2007

Fuck Andy Stern, Part 231

Looking for some evidence that SEIU disputes the claims made in last week's SF Weekly, I came upon this headline on the SEIU webpage under media relations.

SEIU PRESIDENT ANDY STERN CALLS ON WAL-MART TO ADOPT CHANGES TO INCREASE SHAREHOLDER VALUE

In Speech to Bank Analysts, Says Wal-Mart’s Reputational Issues Are Hurting Shareholder Value, Proposes Collaboration

I was unable to find any denials about the validity of the assertions in the article. I did see, however, that the Unity and Independence, the newspaper of some lefty organization Patrick got me hooked up with, added that there is a clause in the template agreement that makes these contracts 50-year contracts. Sounds completely fantastic (the sci-fi type fantastic, not the "that's great" kind), but then so does offering to collaborate with WalMart to increase shareholder value.

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