Comparto esta noticia publicada hoy en un periódico niuyorquino. La síntesis del texto: que el vividor sindical Dennis Rivera, quien se ha hecho rico gracias a las cuotas chupadas a los trabajadores de Nueva York, compró a Acevedo Vilá para quedarse con la representación de los maestros dándosela a la patronal Asociación de Maestros. ¿Coincidencia?
Ya este es el segundo artículo publicado al respecto por un medio de Nueva York. El primero fue en el Diario la Prensa. Pregunto: ¿por qué la prensa de Puerto Rico no habla del tema? Quizás no quieren perder los miles de dólares que les da la Asociación de Maestros en anuncios. Su silencio ensordese...
A continuación el texto íntegro en inglés del artículo publicado en el diario "New York Daily News".
New York labor leader Dennis Rivera in shady Puerto Rico union deal
Friday, February 29th 2008, 4:00 AM
In what some call a shameful betrayal of solidarity, powerhouse New York labor leader Dennis Rivera has joined Puerto Rico's governor in a stunning attempt to break the island's largest union.
Eight days ago, the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers, which represents 40,000 teachers, paralyzed island public schools with a strike.
The teachers, who earn top wages of $26,000 a year, had worked for 30 months without a contract. Union leaders were furious that Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila imposed new working conditions last year, decertified the union in January and suspended its dues checkoff.
The governor's draconian actions came after the union's membership voted in November to authorize a strike. Since 1998, Puerto Rico's government workers have not been allowed to strike.
While the clash between the teachers' militant leaders and the government was grabbing the headlines, Rivera was maneuvering to snatch control of the teachers for his Service Employees International Union.
Top labor leaders here and in Puerto Rico say Acevedo Vila gave Rivera, a close friend and a vice president of the 1.6-million member SEIU, a green light last year to oust the teachers federation and replace it with a newly formed labor group, the Union of Puerto Rican Teachers.
That new union is a subsidiary of the Puerto Rico Teachers Association, a group that has long represented principals and supervisors at island public schools.
In January, Rivera and Aida Diaz, president of the principals group, announced that the principals were affiliating with SEIU and their new subsidiary would demand an election to oust the Federation of Teachers.
The principals and supervisors, in effect, created a new union for their subordinates. What they didn't say was that they had the backing of the governor in this union-raiding scheme.
"The governor told Dennis, 'It's essentially yours to take,'" said one source who claims he was at a meeting in late December between top island union leaders, the governor and Rivera.
This week, El Diario-La Prensa reported that Rivera and Acevedo Vila also met in September at a San Juan restaurant to discuss the teachers union as well as possible financial backing by SEIU for the governor.
"That's a total fabrication," Rivera said yesterday of the Diario story. "Did I meet with the governor of Puerto Rico in a public restaurant around August? Yes, I've met with him maybe 20 times. Did I offer him donations in any way, shape or form? Absolutely not."
Rivera also denied any talks with the governor about a campaign by SEIU to become the bargaining agent for Puerto Rico's teachers.
ACEVEDO VILA'S office did not respond yesterday to a request for comment. The governor flatly denied to Puerto Rico reporters this week that he attended any meeting with Rivera to discuss financial support.
A few days after Rivera and the principals' union held their press conference, the government of Puerto Rico decertified the teachers federation. Acevedo's education secretary has ruled that the federation will not be permitted to run in any new elections for a union to represent the teachers.
In Puerto Rico, there is a long history of antagonism between independent unions, like the teachers and the electrical workers, and the labor organizations connected to the AFL-CIO or the new Change to Win federation, of which SEIU is a part.
Too many U.S.-based unions operate in an arrogant and colonialist fashion, the independents say.
What they never expected was to see the most influential Puerto Rican labor leader in the U.S. treat them just like those old Washington labor leaders have done for so long.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/29/2008-02-29_new_york_labor_leader_dennis_rivera_in_s.html
¡Convenio ahora!
Ya este es el segundo artículo publicado al respecto por un medio de Nueva York. El primero fue en el Diario la Prensa. Pregunto: ¿por qué la prensa de Puerto Rico no habla del tema? Quizás no quieren perder los miles de dólares que les da la Asociación de Maestros en anuncios. Su silencio ensordese...
A continuación el texto íntegro en inglés del artículo publicado en el diario "New York Daily News".
New York labor leader Dennis Rivera in shady Puerto Rico union deal
Friday, February 29th 2008, 4:00 AM
In what some call a shameful betrayal of solidarity, powerhouse New York labor leader Dennis Rivera has joined Puerto Rico's governor in a stunning attempt to break the island's largest union.
Eight days ago, the Puerto Rico Federation of Teachers, which represents 40,000 teachers, paralyzed island public schools with a strike.
The teachers, who earn top wages of $26,000 a year, had worked for 30 months without a contract. Union leaders were furious that Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila imposed new working conditions last year, decertified the union in January and suspended its dues checkoff.
The governor's draconian actions came after the union's membership voted in November to authorize a strike. Since 1998, Puerto Rico's government workers have not been allowed to strike.
While the clash between the teachers' militant leaders and the government was grabbing the headlines, Rivera was maneuvering to snatch control of the teachers for his Service Employees International Union.
Top labor leaders here and in Puerto Rico say Acevedo Vila gave Rivera, a close friend and a vice president of the 1.6-million member SEIU, a green light last year to oust the teachers federation and replace it with a newly formed labor group, the Union of Puerto Rican Teachers.
That new union is a subsidiary of the Puerto Rico Teachers Association, a group that has long represented principals and supervisors at island public schools.
In January, Rivera and Aida Diaz, president of the principals group, announced that the principals were affiliating with SEIU and their new subsidiary would demand an election to oust the Federation of Teachers.
The principals and supervisors, in effect, created a new union for their subordinates. What they didn't say was that they had the backing of the governor in this union-raiding scheme.
"The governor told Dennis, 'It's essentially yours to take,'" said one source who claims he was at a meeting in late December between top island union leaders, the governor and Rivera.
This week, El Diario-La Prensa reported that Rivera and Acevedo Vila also met in September at a San Juan restaurant to discuss the teachers union as well as possible financial backing by SEIU for the governor.
"That's a total fabrication," Rivera said yesterday of the Diario story. "Did I meet with the governor of Puerto Rico in a public restaurant around August? Yes, I've met with him maybe 20 times. Did I offer him donations in any way, shape or form? Absolutely not."
Rivera also denied any talks with the governor about a campaign by SEIU to become the bargaining agent for Puerto Rico's teachers.
ACEVEDO VILA'S office did not respond yesterday to a request for comment. The governor flatly denied to Puerto Rico reporters this week that he attended any meeting with Rivera to discuss financial support.
A few days after Rivera and the principals' union held their press conference, the government of Puerto Rico decertified the teachers federation. Acevedo's education secretary has ruled that the federation will not be permitted to run in any new elections for a union to represent the teachers.
In Puerto Rico, there is a long history of antagonism between independent unions, like the teachers and the electrical workers, and the labor organizations connected to the AFL-CIO or the new Change to Win federation, of which SEIU is a part.
Too many U.S.-based unions operate in an arrogant and colonialist fashion, the independents say.
What they never expected was to see the most influential Puerto Rican labor leader in the U.S. treat them just like those old Washington labor leaders have done for so long.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/29/2008-02-29_new_york_labor_leader_dennis_rivera_in_s.html
¡Convenio ahora!
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Como siempre pitirre, certero. En mi página publiqué el artículo rtaducido al español por si te sirve de ayuda. Adelante, yo soy maestro y estoy en la linea de piquete.
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Estimado Blog Pitirre: Se ha investigado la supuesta casa lujosa que tiene Dennis Rivera en la isla tropical de Culebra, Puerto Rico? Todo esto supuestamente es un secreto muy bien guardado, y como "Dennis Rivera" usa su apellido materno y omite su apellido paterno, es mas dificil hacer un "trace" a las propiedades y si la union a contribuido directa o indirectamente a la vida lujosa que se da este "lider sindical". Le podria comunicar esto al Sr. Feliciano y a todos sus contactos confiables dentro de la Federacion de Mestros? Si alguien tiene mas informacion, por favor proveansela al distinguido y valiente bloggero, Pitirre. El Diario La Prensa puede informar cual es el e-mail de Jesus Davila para podernos comunicar con el directamente? Gracias!
Bueno todas esas preguntas las puedo contestar en la afirmativa. No tengo el email pero sí el teléfono de Jesús Dávila a quien conozco personalmente. Saludos!
Estimado El ácrata:
Nos podria brindar el numero de telefono de Jesus Davila o podria hacer el favor de comunicarle estas pistas al honroso, valiente y excelente periodista Jesus Davila?
Es cierto que Dennis Rivera utiliza un nombre distinto a su nombre oficial en el certificado de nacimiento?
Es cierto que Dennis Rivera tiene una mega-mansion en Culebra, Puerto Rico?
Alguien le puede pedir a las personas honradas de la Isla Grande (Puerto Rico) y de Culebras (Puerto Rico) que investiguen esta pista y contribuyan informacion al periodismo investigativo de Jesus Davila?
Se sabe si los culebrenses tienen conocimiento al respecto?
Tienen los e-mails de los periodistas del Diario La Prensa, Raul Feliciano o de personas confiables en la Federacion de Maestros para podernos comunicar directamente con ellos?
El Diario La Prensa esta investigando por que el periodico CLARIDAD no ha publicado nada sobre esto?
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