Controversial union leader and supporters occupy Sacramento headquarters building during protest – By Wes Venteicher (Sacramento Bee) / March 5, 2022
SEIU Local 1000 president Richard Louis Brown and about 20 of his supporters occupied the union’s Sacramento headquarters Saturday after gaining access without a key.
Brown had been locked out of the building since early in the week. Three union vice presidents locked him out after taking action to suspend him, saying he had spent union money improperly, mishandled lawsuits and shut out other union officials from leadership.
The events were the latest escalation in a messy power struggle between Brown — who was elected nine months ago to a three-year term leading the union representing 100,000 state employees — and a group of board members who have accused him of harming the union’s reputation and preventing them from fulfilling their roles as board members.
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