Change to Win
Change to Win is a coalition of five unions and 5.5 million workers trying to "restore the American Dream in the 21st century." The group defines the American Dream as "a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement and dignity on the job."
Mission
The group's mission is to unite the 50 million workers in its affiliate industries whose jobs cannot be outsourced and who are important to the global economy.
Leadership
- Anna Burger, Chair of Change to Win, as well as International Secretary-Treasurer of the Service Employees International Union
- Joe Hansen, International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Geralyn Lutty, Secretary-Treasurer of Change to Win, as well as International Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- Terence O'Sullivan, General President, Laborers' International Union of North America
- Arturo S. Rodriguez, President, United Farm Workers of America
- Andrew L. Stern, International President, Service Employees International Union
- Chris Chafe, Executive Director of Change to Win
- Tom Woodruff, Director of Change to Win's Strategic Organizing Center, as well as Service Employees International Union Executive Vice President
Partner organizations
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)[1]
- Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA)[2]
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)[3]
- United Farm Workers of America (UFW)[4]
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)[5]
Moratorium NOW!
On Sept. 17, 2008, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures and Evictions sponsored a rally at the Michigan State Capitol, demanding the State Legislature enact SB 1306, a two-year foreclosure moratorium bill. Represented at the rally was UNITE HERE, Change to Win, United Auto Workers, Service Employees International Union, American Federation of Teachers, Green Party of Michigan, Detroit Greens, the Cynthia McKinney presidential campaign, Students for a Democratic Society, National Lawyers Guild, Workers World Party, Food Not Bombs, Critical Moment, Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice, Michigan Welfare Rights, Call ’Em Out, Latinos Unidos of Michigan, Grand Rapids Latino Community Coalition, Joint Religious Organizing Network for Action and Hope, Adrian Dominican Sisters & Associates for Peace. The following led or spoke at the rally: Sandra Hines and Abayomi Azikiwe of the Moratorium NOW!; Kris Hamel; Reverend Ed Rowe, Central United Methodist Church; State Representatives Gabe Leland, Shanelle Jackson, Bettie Cook Scott and Steve Tobocman; State Sen. Martha G. Scott; Rubie Curl-Pinkins and her daughter Nikki Curl; Jerry Goldberg, people’s attorney and coalition leader; Juan Daniel Castro, Grand Rapids Latino Community Coalition; Linette Crosby; Larry Holmes, a leader of the Troops Out Now Coalition; Robert Pratt of UNITE HERE; and Rosendo Delgado of Latinos Unidos of Michigan.[6]
Moratorium NOW! is affiliated with the Bail Out the People Movement and is controlled by the Workers World Party. The organization's office is located at the Central United Methodist Church and holds meetings there.[7][8]
China trip, 2009 - "Partnership with Chinese Unions"
Kent Wong's UCLA Labor Center participated in a historic meeting between the Change to Win federation]] and the All China Federation of Trade Unions in August 2009. An agreement signed by CtW Chair Anna Burger and ACFTU Vice Chairwoman Sun Chunlan at ACFTU headquarters in Beijing promotes cooperation between the two federations on key projects, such as joint research on multinational corporations operating in the United States and China.
It was the first time in history that such an agreement has been signed between trade union federations in the two countries.
The UCLA Labor Center pledged work with SEIU and the Teamsters, as well as with ACFTU, to conduct research on labor standards, labor law enforcement, and collective agreements in the multiservice, express delivery, and commercial banking industries. In late 2010, the Labor Center will participate in a binational US-China conference, hosted by the ACFTU, to explore ways research findings can improve labor standards.
In Beijing, Andy Stern and Kent Wong met with faculty members from the Labor Relations College of Renmin University and also visited the Migrant Workers’ Center.
In addition to Anna Burger, the US delegation included SEIU President Andy Stern, CSEA Executive Director Josie Mooney, Ginny Coughlin from SEIU, and UCLA Labor Center Director Kent Wong. Labor Center staff member Scott E. Myers served as the delegation’s Chinese interpreter.[9]
External links
References
- ↑ International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- ↑ Laborers' International Union of North America
- ↑ Service Employees International Union
- ↑ United Farm Workers of America
- ↑ United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- ↑ International Action Center - Boston: People tell Michigan legislators: ‘MORATORIUM NOW!’ (accessed on Feb. 10, 2011)
- ↑ Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr: Members of the Moratorium NOW! Coalition attending a meeting at the Central United Methodist Church on Nov. 20 in Detroit, Nov. 20, 2010 (accessed on Feb. 10, 2011)
- ↑ International Action Center - Boston: People tell Michigan legislators: ‘MORATORIUM NOW!’ (accessed on Feb. 10, 2011)
- ↑ Labor Education News, | WINTER-SPRING 2010, page 4