Another SEIU Purple Paragon Fades Away: Anna Burger Resigns
For those SEIU Watchers wondering when SEIU’s longtime number two Anna Burger is going to step down, the wait is over. Answer: Wednesday August 11, 2010 according to BNA: Anna Burger, the long-time secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union, and chair of the Change to Win federation, Aug. 11 announced her retirement from both positions effective immediately. In a statement, Burger said she is “committed to building a permanent and sustained progressive majority,” adding, “we need a coordinated progressive infrastructure that protects our American values of fairness and justice, and I intend to be part of that work.”