Union leader to fight ouster
National AFL-CIO office removes two local officials
By Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News
April 21, 2007
Colorado AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Paul Mendrick vowed to fight a decision by national labor leaders at “the mother of all unions” to force him out, a move he says “flies in the face of everything” unions stand for.
In a letter e-mailed Friday to AFL-CIO officials overseeing the Colorado federation, Mendrick questioned his removal from office, saying he has yet to receive anything in writing about the matter.
“To terminate employees at will, without due process and a fair hearing, is what we, true unionists fight (against) every day of our lives,” Mendrick wrote in his letter. “To relieve the two elected officers in this manner is gutless and shameful.”
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and give the inside scoop. Is Labor being a little hypocritical or is there more to this story? Inquiring minds want to know!
to see what reason the big union gives for this. Is it in any way related to the Convention wrangling going on? I’m with Lauren on this, I want to know!
paging Mr. Chaffee…
no one has filled us in here on what the real story is.
I was just sure some Labor insider to regale us with stories of Union infighting, back stabbing, scandal….Oh well. I guess these two will go quietly into the night, and we’ll never real know the REAL scoop.
given the lack of union posters here (remember all the uproar about the labor bill veto on this blog? me neither) I would have been more surprised if you got any info. I guess rank and file union folks don’t blog here.