Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the president of the 2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in the Americas. SEIU is the second largest union in the United States and Canada after the National Education Association. Elected in 1996 to succeed John Sweeney, Stern is working to revitalize the labor movement by making universal health care a top priority, empowering workers throug...
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Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the president of the 2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in the Americas. SEIU is the second largest union in the United States and Canada after the National Education Association. Elected in 1996 to succeed John Sweeney, Stern is working to revitalize the labor movement by making universal health care a top priority, empowering workers through the Employee Free Choice Act and helping workers and employers recognize the new global economic model American businesses operate under today.
For his talent at recruiting new members, Stern has been described as the "most important labor boss in America". The share of workers belonging to a union in 2008 showed the largest annual growth rate since the first report in 1983. Growth in SEIU in 2008—88,926 members--accounted for nearly 21 percent of the national union membership growth.
Born the son of a lawyer in West Orange, New Jersey,...
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