Former SEIU President Andy Stern has not been in the limelight too much since his departure of the SEIU in April, but he is all over the news now. The FBI is investigating Stern for his involvement in a 2006 book deal where he received $175,000 advance to write the book. The Union paid thousands of dollars to fact-check and promote the book, but Stern kept all of the advance for himself. Also, Stern could be in hot water for allegedly being aware of his union paying a California union leader a salary without doing any work. Maybe this is why Stern wanted to leave the SEIU “to focus more on his personal life.”
