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Line 1: '''Sal Rosselli''' (born 1949, [[New York City]]) is president of [[SEIU United Healthcare Workers West]] (UHW West). In 2008, a longstanding dispute between Rosselli and national [[SEIU]] president [[Andy Stern]] became a national public issue, with the [[Oakland, California]]-based UHW West union members filing formal complaints against Stern and the national union leadership in New York City.<ref>[http://www.reformseiu.org/2008/02/less-perfect-union.html?widgetType=BlogArchive&widgetId=BlogArchive1&action=toggle&dir=close&toggle=YEARLY-1199174400000&toggleopen=MONTHLY-1228118400000 Jesse Powell, "A Less Perfect Union", ''San Francisco Bay Guardian'' (April 9, 2008)]</ref> In February 2008, Rosselli accused Stern of trying to wrest control of the entire union, before the [[National Labor Relations Board]] had a chance to review charges relating to the complaints against Stern and the national SEIU leadership.<ref>[http://www.sfweekly.com/2008-02-20/news/local-union-leader-rosselli-blasts-seiu-boss-andy-stern/ Matt Smith, "Sal Rosselli Blasts SEIU Leader Andy Stern", ''SF Weekly'' (February 20, 2008)]</ref><ref>[http://www.seiuvoice.com Dissident SEIU Website]</ref>Stern selected former [[Secretary of Labor]] [[Ray Marshall]] to determine whether UHW West should be put under [[receivership]] or not, and ~~expects~~expected Marshall to make a decision by the end of January 2009. On January 27, SEIU took over the Oakland-based UHW West, and dismissed 100 of UHW West's executives, including Rosselli.<ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/27/BURV15I9NA.DTL "SEIU Takes Over West Coast Union", ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (January 28, 2009)]</ref> SEIU United Healthcare Workers West is a large (150,000 member) local union. In August 2008, the international union announced plans for a hearing to consider putting control of UHW West in the hands of a trustee, replacing locally elected officials. The international arranged the hearing in response to "allegations that the leadership engaged in a pattern of misconduct, financial malpractice, and fraud involving the diversion of millions of dollars of union treasury monies." Rosselli denies these charges.<ref>{{Cite news