| 词条 | Dan Rush |
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| name = Dan Rush | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|08|22}} | birth_place = Oakland, California | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Founder and National Director, United Food and Commercial Workers, Medical Cannabis and Hemp Division[1] | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}Dan Rush is an American union organizer and former statewide political and special operations director of the United Food and Commercial Workers for cannabis and hemp worker.[2] He is known for being a leader in the United States Labor movement in politics and for cannabis and hemp industry workers, and a civil and motorcycle rights activist.[3][4] Rush began his career in the union in the 1980s as a senior official responsible for carrying out statewide ballot industry politics and eventually founded the concept of organizing medical cannabis and hemp workers in the United States and Canada.[5] He was later investigated by the FBI for allegedly breaching union discipline in 2015, by influencing unions’ decisions for bribes from cannabis and hemp industry stakeholders.[6][7][8] CareerHe was born in Oakland, California. He has a high school diploma from the Dewey Continuation High School in Oakland CA. He was a known as a Democratic Party reformer[9] and in his elected position as 15th Assembly District executive board member for much of his career, beginning his term as a Political Director at the UFCW Local 120 from 1991 to 2006.[10] He was put in charge as a statewide special operations director inside of the union’s Political Department and then founding and developing UFCW Local 5's medical cannabis and hemp workers in 2007.[11][12][13] In 2011, he was named national director of medical cannabis and hemp division for the UFCW International Union.[14] In September 2013, he was summoned from the Bay area to Washington DC, to serve as the director of cannabis workers rising of the North America campaign of the UFCW.[15] ControversyIn September 2013, he was named as the director for cannabis workers rising of the North America campaign to organize the medical cannabis in the North America.[16] In August 2015, he was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the corruption charges for using his influence to favor Oakland cannabis business people in order to pay off a loan.[6][7][17] Rush is scheduled to go to trial in January 2017.[5] References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/sanfrancisco/news/press-releases/union-organizer-indicted-for-corruption-attempted-extortion-and-money-laundering | title=Union Organizer Indicted for Corruption, Attempted Extortion, and Money Laundering | work=FBI | date=17 September 2015}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rush, Dan}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24595738.html | title=Growth of California's pot industry is good news for unions | work=Mcclatchydc.com | date=3 October 2010| author=Peter Hecht}} 3. ^{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/22/local/la-me-0922-pot-union-20100922 | title=California's largest labor union backs pot legalization initiative | work=Los Angeles Times | date=22 September 2010 | author=John Hoeffel}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://oaklandnorth.net/2015/11/10/will-unionizing-the-cannabis-industry-bud-in-oakland/ | title=Will unionizing the cannabis industry bud in Oakland? | work=Oakland North | date=10 November 2015 | author= Chris Harland}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://cannabisnow.com/former-cannabis-union-honcho-feds/ | title=Former Cannabis Union Honcho: Feds Took Me Out | work=CannabisNow | date=21 July 2016 | author=Chris Roberts}} 6. ^1 {{cite news | url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/LegalizationNation/archives/2015/09/24/pot-union-organizer-dan-rush-pleads-not-guilty-to-corruption-attempted-extortion-and-money-laundering | title=Pot Union Organizer Dan Rush Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption, Attempted Extortion, and Money Laundering | work=East Bay Express | date=24 September 2015| author=David Downs}} 7. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca/pr/union-organizer-indicted-corruption-attempted-extortion-and-money-laundering | title=Union Organizer Indicted For Corruption, Attempted Extortion, And Money Laundering | work=United States Department of Justice | date=17 September 2015}} 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://marijuanapolitics.com/marijuana-union-organizer-wanted-by-fbi-on-corruption-charges/ | title=Marijuana Union Organizer Wanted by FBI on Corruption Charges | work=Marijuanapolitics.com | date=14 August 2015| author=Romain Bonilla}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nationinstitute.org/featuredwork/fellows/1280/just_say_now | title=Just Say Now | work=Oakland North | date=2 September 2010 | author=Ari Berman}} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://deepgreenfest.com/speakers | title=Program: Speakers | work=Deepgreenfest.com}} 11. ^{{cite web |url=http://ufcw5.org/ufcw-local-5-statement-on-the-indictment-of-dan-rush/ | title=UFCW Local 5 Statement on the Indictment of Dan Rush | work=UFCW Local 5 | date=15 August 2015}} 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2010/05/california_medical_marijuana_workers_form_union.php/ | title=California Medical Marijuana Workers Form Union | work=Tokeofthetown.com | date=28 May 2010 | author=Steve Elliott}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/union-endorses-initiative-to-control-and-tax-marijuana-in-california-.html | title=Union endorses initiative to legalize marijuana in California | work=Los Angeles Times | date=14 July 2010}} 14. ^{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/oaksterdam-raid-rally.html | title=After cannabis school raid, big turnout expected at S.F. protest | work=Los Angeles Times | date=2 April 2012}} 15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cannabispolicyreform.org/ccpr_board | title=CCPR Board of Directors | work=Coalition for Cannabis Policy Reform}} 16. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/LegalizationNation/archives/2015/08/18/indicted-pot-union-ex-official-dan-rush-says-he-will-be-vindicated | title=Indicted Pot Union Ex-Official Dan Rush Says He Will Be Vindicated | work=East Bay Express | date=18 August 2015| author=David Downs}} 17. ^{{cite news | url=http://www.dailycal.org/2015/09/24/berkeley-medical-cannabis-commission-member-arraigned-for-extortion-taking-bribes/ | title=Berkeley Medical Cannabis Commission member arraigned for extortion, taking bribes | work=The Daily Californian | date=24 September 2015 | author=Laurel Bard, Maya Eliahou and Emma Soldon}} 3 : United Food and Commercial Workers|1960 births|Living people |
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