John Sweeney - Obama Presidency Oral History John Sweeney Index / People Transcript Andrew Stern ...come and speak at the meeting, who was John Sweeney later president of SEIU and the AFL-CI... ...who really much did their own thing. John Sweeney had a very good sense that the natur... ...rights or poor peoples organizing. But John Sweeney believed in the Catholic church'... ...there in that? Bob Welsh, who was John Sweeney 's executive assistant through hi... ...That was the friction I had with John Sweeney at times, in a healthy way, which ... ...to be president SEIU. I was not John Sweeney 's choice to succeed him. So when ... ...Yes. This was not a favorite of John Sweeney 's, but we were very engaged i... ...the union in New York of janitors that John Sweeney led had enormous power with th... ...union great?” I would sit there with John Sweeney 's successor, who was not the greates... ...It wasn't oriented towards growth. John Sweeney knew all the problems. He could lis... ...I got elected president. I said, “Well, John Sweeney has been here ten years.” So if thi... ...come and speak at the meeting, who was John Sweeney later president of SEIU and the AFL-CI... ...who really much did their own thing. John Sweeney had a very good sense that the natur... ...rights or poor peoples organizing. But John Sweeney believed in the Catholic church'... ...there in that? Bob Welsh, who was John Sweeney 's executive assistant through hi... ...That was the friction I had with John Sweeney at times, in a healthy way, which ... ...to be president SEIU. I was not John Sweeney 's choice to succeed him. So when ... ...Yes. This was not a favorite of John Sweeney 's, but we were very engaged i... ...the union in New York of janitors that John Sweeney led had enormous power with th... ...union great?” I would sit there with John Sweeney 's successor, who was not the greates... ...It wasn't oriented towards growth. John Sweeney knew all the problems. He could lis... ...I got elected president. I said, “Well, John Sweeney has been here ten years.” So if thi... Show more... Richard Trumka ...run after we had a ticket together with John Sweeney and I. I got elected in '95 wit... Related Topics go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy go to the Healthcare Healthcare Public Health Coming soon Nuclear Nonproliferation Coming soon Chicago Coming soon