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Raynor out at SEIU

The powerful labor union SEIU is set to announce tomorrow the departure of a controversial figure, Bruce Raynor, ending a divisive chapter in the recent history of the labor movement.

Raynor has been a lightning rod since leading the legendary garment-workers union then known as UNITE into a disastrous merger with the hotel workers union HERE, which turned into open warfare until it was resolved last year with SEIU swallowing the remnants of the garment-workers under the rubric of Workers United. Raynor is now president of Workers United, and sits on SEIU's international executive board, its governing body.

But Raynor, who had been an ally of departed SEIU chief Andy Stern, continued to be a center of conflict inside SEIU, which brought him up last month on internal charges of abusing his expense account.

Raynor and the union signed a separation agreement Monday and Workers United board is expected to vote to approve it Tuesday evening, a labor source said. He will also be giving up all of his several positions of authority at Workers United and SEIU. And while, the source said, the agreement includes promises to part with thanks for Raynor's long service, "in SEIU they're breathing a huge sigh of relief."

An SEIU spokeswoman declined to comment on the plan.


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