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SEIU chapters back alternative candidate to succeed Andy Stern

April 26, 2010 | 5:55
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At least two major California-based chapters of the giant Service Employees International Union have rejected the recommendation of outgoing President Andy Stern for his designated successor and are backing an alternate candidate, union insiders said Monday.

SEIU chapters representing some 150,000 healthcare workers statewide and 80,000 public-sector employees in Southern California have opted to support the candidacy of Mary Kay Henry, an SEIU executive vice president, say sources who declined to be named because the formal election is still pending.

However, the largest affiliate in California, the 180,000-member SEIU Long Term Care Workers, representing home care providers and nursing home workers, has yet to make a decision as deliberations continue, said Wyatt Closs,Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been around for more than three years, but fans still can’t get enough of the popular RPG. After a recent Skyrim video that managed around two million views last Christmas, gamers are now going crazy over a new trend: Faces of Skyrim.

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