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Change to Win Federation

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Change to Win Federation, coalition of seven labor unions representing primarily American workers. It was founded in 2005 as the Change to Win Coalition by five American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous labor unions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Panama, and U.S.
..... Click the link for more information.  unions that had united to make changes in the AFL-CIO that were aimed at rebuilding the American labor movement. The original members were the Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union (SEIU), labor union representing U.S. and Canadian workers in health care (doctors, nurses, health technicians), public services (government workers, school employees), building services (janitors, elevator operators, security
..... Click the link for more information.  (SEIU), Teamsters Union Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT).
..... Click the link for more information. , Union of Needle and Industrial Textile Employees–Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees (Unite Here), Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA), and United Food and Commercial Workers International (UFCW). Failing in their reform efforts, these unions disaffiliated (2005) from the AFL-CIO, founded the new labor association, and were soon joined by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners and the United Farm Workers. Change to Win's basic aim is to increase union membership by organizing workers. Headed by Anna Burger, the first woman to lead an American labor federation, it has more than 5.4 million members.
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Reform efforts also got a boost this week when rival labor unions, the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win federation, agreed to join forces to support an overhaul of the immigration system.
HIS FEET TO THE FIRE SUPPORTERS OF IMMIGRATION CHANGE PRESS DEADLINE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
We have partnered with six other unions that are similarly focused on growth, forming the Change To Win federation.
Restore the American dream by Mead, Chris / Detroiter
Last year six million members of the AFL-CIO left to form the rival Change to Win Federation.
The great divide: do unions and Democrats still go hand in hand? by O'Sullivan, Jim / Campaigns & Elections
 
 
 
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