Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Andrew L. \"Andy\" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).Stern is currently a senior fellow at Columbia University. Stern supports federal legislation to create universal health care, expansion of union ranks via the Employee Free Choice Act, more regulations on business, profit sharing for employees and higher taxes.Stern has been described by CBS News as the \"most important labor boss in America.\" Stern is unapologetic about targeting private equity firms, shaming business leaders, and competing to build SEIU's membership: “We like to say: We use the power of persuasion first. If it doesn't work, we try the persuasion of power”. 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.In March, 2010, Stern was the Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations."@en }
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- Andy_Stern abstract "Andrew L. \"Andy\" Stern (born November 22, 1950), is the former president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).Stern is currently a senior fellow at Columbia University. Stern supports federal legislation to create universal health care, expansion of union ranks via the Employee Free Choice Act, more regulations on business, profit sharing for employees and higher taxes.Stern has been described by CBS News as the \"most important labor boss in America.\" Stern is unapologetic about targeting private equity firms, shaming business leaders, and competing to build SEIU's membership: “We like to say: We use the power of persuasion first. If it doesn't work, we try the persuasion of power”. 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.In March, 2010, Stern was the Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.".