Rise Up Coalition http://www.1021membersunited.org Union Members Reaching Out Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:40:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Oakland Mayor’s Race: SEIU 1021 endorsement meeting’s clumsy start http://www.1021membersunited.org/2010/08/16/oakland-mayors-race-seiu-1021-endorsement-meetings-clumsy-start/ http://www.1021membersunited.org/2010/08/16/oakland-mayors-race-seiu-1021-endorsement-meetings-clumsy-start/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:39:51 +0000 admin http://www.1021membersunited.org/?p=1254 Continue reading →]]> The Oakland Mayor’s Race is not without its share of groups who think they can influence the race by excluding certain candidates. The Oakland SEIU 1021 Union Organization is just one of them.

As this is written, the Oakland SEIU 1021 is about to hold its interviews of candidates for the Oakland Mayor’s Race. From many conversations held Tuesday, it appears the SEIU finally got its act together and contacted all of the candidates, instead of just three: Former State Senator Don Perata, and Oakland Councilmembers Jean Quan and Rebecca Kaplan (District Four and At-Large, respectively.)

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