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Civil War in California
by Max Zimbert

A four minute radio piece exploring both sides of the civil war dividing workers in California, and its consequences.

After decades of break-neck growth, the two million-member Service Employees International Union is mired in a war with onetime allies and critics throughout the labor movement. The union is facing crisis elsewhere in California. Healthcare workers face daunting cuts in the wake of a $26 billion budget gap, and public employees, another division of SEIU, face a 15 percent cut via furloughs and may go on strike.