Friday, June 22, 2012

Lee saunders

  • LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The countrys largest union of state and local government employees, which faces big challenges to members jobs, benefits and bargaining rights, elected Lee Saunders on Thursday as its first new president in 31 years.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Lee Saunders, for the past two years secretary-treasurer of AFSCME, has been elected president of the 1.3 million member public sector union.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • Lee Saunders, who won that race by 3,000 votes out of the 1.3 million cast, is a longtime member of the union's Washington headquarters staff and is known for being quietly influential. As Mr.
  • (New York Times)
  • The other candidate, Lee Saunders, the union's secretary-treasurer, argued that the key to turning things around was greater success in politics.
  • (New York Times)
  • The election, which will be decided this week at the convention, pits current Secretary-Treasurer Lee Saunders against Danny Donohue, a New York labor leader who is pushing for change.
  • (New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV)
  • The union's No. 2 official, secretary-treasurer and McEntee protege Lee Saunders, faces a strong challenge from Danny Donohue, the union's leader in New York state.
  • (trivalleycentral.com)
  • The race pits Lee Saunders, the current secretary treasurer, against Danny Donohue, head of AFSCMEs New York state branch.
  • (NewsHour)
  • Labor experts say the contest between Lee Saunders, who is currently secretary-treasury, and Danny Donohue, who is head of the unions New York branch, could be critical as the union decides on how it is going to adapt to an increasingly hostile environment.
  • (Reuters)
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  • (Los Angeles Times)

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