Vol. 72/No. 25      June 23, 2008

I have 4 friends who are members of SEIU. One is a nurse in an SEIU-organized hospital. The California Nurses Association (CNA) is trying to break the nurses away. The steward there took CNA flyers out of nurses’ mail boxes.

Another friend is a steward for the United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) at Kaiser Santa Clara. The UHW is spending money on lawyers to defend itself against attacks by SEIU instead of a strike fund.

The members seem to be getting misinformation and distracted from what the real issues are. An article could be an important contribution to health care and other workers organized by SEIU

Lenore Sheridan
San Jose, California

Obama truth kit
Will you or the Young Socialists be publishing an Obama “truth kit,” to tell the truth about Obama’s proposed policies, like you did for Eugene McCarthy in 1968? This could be quite valuable to reach young people who are drawn to the Democrats this year, as in 1968.

Your coverage of the corrupt building practices that increased the toll of the recent Chinese earthquake was valuable. But how about a comparison of the Chinese government’s response, especially compared with Washington’s response to Katrina? That could be revealing as well.

Chuck Cairns
New Hyde Park, New York

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