Union Leadership Election May Signal Shift in Strategy

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The handoff of power did not go according to script, raising questions about whether one of the country's most politically savvy and activist labor unions will soon be headed in another direction.

The board of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is expected to endorse the selection of Executive Vice President Mary Kay Henry as its next president next week, after Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger dropped out of the race.

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Union Leadership Election May Signal Shift in Strategy

Ms. Burger was widely seen as the heir apparent to retiring SEIU head Andy Stern, a major force in Democratic politics who founded the "Change to Win...

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