Local 73 President Christine Boardman and Secretary-Treasurer Matthew Brandon, plus four other officers, were removed from office. Boardman and Brandon "each challenge the basic legitimacy of the other's authority to hold office or lead the Local, resulting in a debilitating dysfunction of the Local's governance process as well as causing instability and confusion within the Local and its membership," the SEIU said in the release. Among the subjects of the fighting was the "contested suspension of its secretary-treasurer and allegations that the local president can no longer serve due to a previous announcement of retirement."