A U.S. District judge has denied SEIU’s motion to dismiss racketeering charges filed on it by Sodexo. The ruling clears the path to discovery and trial in the claim that SEIU conspired to extort by threatening financial damages unless Sodexo gave into the union’s demands. An SEIU press release called the lawsuit “part of a much grander and larger assault on the rights of workers to bargain collectively,” as if SEIU is beyond reproach. Sadly, two internal SEIU documents have recently surfaced that tell quite a different story — a corporate campaign manual that cojoles members to break the law and a 485 page organizer training manual that teaches SEIU staff to “steal, steal, steal” and “get vicious” with those who won’t support the union.
