1.0link32204<![CDATA[Let's Re-Balance Our Democracy]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-stern/lets-rebalance-our-democr_b_32204.htmlSpent lots of time this week breezing down the West Coast and talking to SEIU members in Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco. I saw firsthand their enormous participation in this year's election - our union's greatest mid-term effort ever.
In our union we have adopted a more independent view of politics. SEIU members too often don't like their choices; they don't feel they have candidates to vote for who understand how hard it is when seven of 10 middle-class Americans say...