2 months ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California labor leader behind a proposal to tax billionaires has been accused of harassing and intimidating several women who work for an affiliated union.
The allegations against Dave Regan, president of the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, are detailed in an investigative report commissioned by SEIU California and obtained Friday by The ******* ociated Press. It includes interviews with several current and former SEIU members and others who say Regan tried to intimidate union leaders into supporting the billionaires' tax, which goes before voters in November.
The Los Angeles Times was the first to report on the allegations.
The report also includes allegations that Regan physically ******* aulted an SEIU leader more than 15 years ago amid a political dispute and that more recently he engaged in harassing behavior against other women who work for the organization.
Regan acknowledged using curse words with union leaders but denied the physical ******* ault allegation.
#regan #seiu #report #harassing
The allegations against Dave Regan, president of the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West, are detailed in an investigative report commissioned by SEIU California and obtained Friday by The ******* ociated Press. It includes interviews with several current and former SEIU members and others who say Regan tried to intimidate union leaders into supporting the billionaires' tax, which goes before voters in November.
The Los Angeles Times was the first to report on the allegations.
The report also includes allegations that Regan physically ******* aulted an SEIU leader more than 15 years ago amid a political dispute and that more recently he engaged in harassing behavior against other women who work for the organization.
Regan acknowledged using curse words with union leaders but denied the physical ******* ault allegation.
#regan #seiu #report #harassing
5 months ago
Backers of a proposed tax on California billionaires have officially collected enough signatures to put the measure on the statewide ballot this fall, state officials say.
However, with mounting opposition from high-profile politicians, including the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the proposition might not make it to the ballot.
The labor union Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is spearheading a tax on the state's ultra-wealthy to prevent hospital and clinic closures, protect healthcare jobs, and help fund K-14 public education and state food ******* istance programs.
Opponents say the tax would fuel an exodus of wealthy company founders and investors, spark job losses, and further weaken California's economy.
"I don't think wealth taxes are a good idea in practice, and they're definitely dumb at the state level," Yang posted on X.
However, with mounting opposition from high-profile politicians, including the state's governor, Gavin Newsom, and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang, the proposition might not make it to the ballot.
The labor union Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) is spearheading a tax on the state's ultra-wealthy to prevent hospital and clinic closures, protect healthcare jobs, and help fund K-14 public education and state food ******* istance programs.
Opponents say the tax would fuel an exodus of wealthy company founders and investors, spark job losses, and further weaken California's economy.
"I don't think wealth taxes are a good idea in practice, and they're definitely dumb at the state level," Yang posted on X.
