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To: KLP who wrote (358278)	4/8/2010 7:56:47 PM
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SEIU blasts Obama immigration enforcement By The Post's Spencer S. Hsu in our 44 blog: One of the nation's biggest labor unions, a major backer of President Obama, is condemning his Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement practices, protesting the use of deportation quotas for agents and expanded workplace audits. Eliseo Medina, international executive vice president of Service Employees International Union, said SEIU members want DHS "to stop these crazy, irrational policies," while seeking to turn up pressure on Congress to take up overhaul legislation. SEIU is holding vigils and demonstrations Thursday in Oakland and Sacramento, Calif., and then in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Boston, New York City and Minneapolis Friday. voices.washingtonpost.com

To: KLP who wrote (358278)	4/8/2010 7:57:28 PM
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SEIU Launches Third Party In North Carolina Evan McMorris-Santoro \| April 8, 2010, 6:48PM tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com It seems organized labor is no longer content to leave its political fortunes in the hands of its traditional ally, the Democratic Party. The SEIU announced today that the it's launching its own political party in North Carolina, and it plans to to field candidates on the ballot this fall. Union officials have threatened to take on Democrats who voted against health care reform in the past, but the usual tactic has been to endorse a Democratic primary challenger. But in North Carolina -- home to several Democratic Representatives who voted against the bill -- the SEIU says it will field candidates in the general election as part of what the what the group is calling the North Carolina First party. "Families need a better choice, a better party - not just for health care, but for job creation and keeping bankers and corporations in check," party spokesperson Chuck Stone said in a statement. SEIU -- and its local affiliate in North Carolina, SEANC -- say that they have more than 100 people on the ground actively gathering the 85,000 signatures necessary to become a recognized political party in North Carolina with a ballot line. But as Greg Sargent, who first reported the news, writes, the seriousness of the effort is still somewhat in doubt. "[P]resuming the party qualifies at all, it remains to be seen how much clout it will wield," Sargent writes. "For instance, it's unclear which districts the party might field a candidate in, and what the criteria for picking those districts will be. A lot of these things will be determined by availability of candidates and other local political concerns."