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Andy Stern Biography

Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950) is the former president of the then 2.2.million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU). He is now President Emeritus of SEIU, which grew by more than 1.2 million workers during his tenure. Called a “courageous, visionary leader who charted a bold new course for American unionism,” Stern has been featured on 60 Minutes and CNN, as Fox News Power Player of the Week and on the covers of the New York Times Magazine, Fortune, and Businessweek. Under Stern's leadership SEIU became the largest union in the AFL-CIO, and the fastest growing union in the world. Then after promoting a debate on the future of American labor, in a bold move, SEIU left the AFL-CIO with six (6) other unions and formed a new labor alliance-Change to Win. Stern was a senior fellow at Columbia University., and is now a Senior Fellow at the Economic Security Project.

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UNNATURAL CAUSES tears back the veil to show the socio-economic and racial inequities in health as well as the public policies that underpin them. Should be required viewing.

Causes, Show, Tears, Veils, Viewing

The AFL-CIO is a structure that divides workers' strength by allowing each union to organize in any industry, then bargain on its own, even when workers share a common employer.

Afl, Allowing, Cio, Employer, Strength, Unions

Once, a union job at GM or AT&T was a bridge to success. Now, a nonunion Wal-Mart job is a bridge to nowhere.

Bridges, Job, Jobs, Nowhere, Struggle, Success

American workers won't be able to compete fairly for jobs until companies have to pay higher wages in countries like China and India.

Competition, Country, Jobs, Like, Workers

Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and, wherever you go and whatever you do, a new global labor movement is coming to find you.

Community, Global, Justice, Language, Movement, Union

It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing.

Negotiating, Pay, Stronger, Unions

I would say the issue for the labor movement in the United States is not structural. . . there is no correlation between the success of workers and how the labor movement is structured.

Issues, Labor, Movement, States, United, United States

I was too much of a victim of the model I created. I tried Change to Win and helping Obama, and then I just ran out of Andy Stern ideas.

Helping, Ideas, Obama, Stern, Too Much, Winning

I'll never run for office. But I intend, either on the fiscal commission or on issues like immigration, to hopefully have my voice be heard.

Heard, Immigration, Issues, Office, Running, Voice

Employers need to recognize that the world has changed and there are people who would like to help them provide solution in ways that are new, modern and that add value to companies.

Add, Companies, Employers, Idaho, Like, People

When I left SEIU, we had started this quality public service agenda to say to our members what I think the United Auto Workers learned: that quality is our only job security in the long run.

Agenda, Job, Jobs, Long, Running, Thinking

Unions have been the best anti-poverty program that actually worked and did not cost the government a dime. But as unions grow smaller- not stronger- our ability to act as an economic mechanism to distribute the gains of our work and raise all workers' wages and benefits up is disappearing.

Actually, Disappearing, Government, Poverty, Program, Stronger

College is about three things: homework, fun, and sleep. . . but you can only choose two.

College, Fun, Sleep, Things

Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members interests.

Lapdogs, Members, Party, Political, Unions

In 1972, I signed a union card for SEIU. And for the last 38 years, 14 as president, it's been my life. I've seen the most miraculous, spectacular things. But there's a time to learn, a time to lead and a time to leave.

Cards, Lead, Life, President, Spectacular, Years

I would say that workers in general, and white workers particularly, are correct that their economic wellbeing is deteriorating.

Correct, Deteriorating, Economic, White, Workers

I'm not running from any particular problems, I just want to take some time and figure out in my life where I can keep doing what I'm doing but in a way that I can also honor what I want to do for myself.

Honor, Running, Time, Want, Way

The union movement has been the best middle class job creating program that America has ever had, and it doesn't cost the government a dime.

Class, Government, Jobs, Program