Grass-Roots Choice Leads Race for Top Union Post New York Times
Mary Kay Henry, a dark-horse candidate who is a leader of the health care division of the Service Employees International Union , has locked up the votes to succeed Andy Stern as the union president, several top union officials said Monday.
These officials said Ms. Henry , 52, an executive vice president, has the support of locals representing nearly 60 percent of the union’s 1.9 million members, giving her the likely edge over Anna Burger, the union’s secretary-treasurer, in an executive board vote expected to be held next month.
When Mr. Stern announced two weeks ago that he planned to resign, Ms. Burger, his longtime No. 2, was seen as the likely successor to lead the nation’s most politically powerful union. But many S.E.I.U. leaders and their locals rallied behind Ms. Henry.
“People were looking for someone fresh and new,” said a top official in a local representing janitors and other building service workers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the union has asked members not to comment publicly about the race.
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