New Labor Coalition Will Shape Future Construction Organizing
The Change to Win Coalition, formed by seven unions unhappy with AFL-CIO leadership, has pledged to rebuild the labor movement one member at a time. The presidents of those unions vow to focus their energy on organizing the millions of U.S. workers that currently do not belong to a labor union.
The Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bolted the AFL-CIO on the opening day of its constitutional convention in Chicago July 25. What will differentiate the organizing strategies of the Change to Win Coalition from the AFL-CIO?