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Change to Win Federation

Index Change to Win Federation

The Change to Win Organizing Center (CtW) is a coalition of American labor unions originally formed in 2005 as an alternative to the AFL-CIO. [1]

49 relations: AFL–CIO, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, American Federation of Teachers, American Rights at Work, Andy Stern, Anna Burger, Associated Press, Canada, Canadian Labour Congress, Cintas, Coalition, Communications Workers of America, David Bonior, Democratic Party (United States), Dennis Van Roekel, Emerald Cities Collaborative, Fast food worker strikes, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James P. Hoffa, John Sweeney (labor leader), Labor federation competition in the United States, Laborers' International Union of North America, Mary Kay Henry, National Education Association, North America, Organizing model, Private sector, Republican Party (United States), Service Employees International Union, Smithfield Foods, The Washington Post, Trade union, Transport and General Workers' Union, Union democracy, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, Union organizer, UNITE HERE, Unite the Union, United Automobile Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers, United States, United States House of Representatives, United Steelworkers, Walmart, Washington, D.C..

AFL–CIO

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States.

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American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States.

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American Federation of Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is an American labor union that primarily represents teachers.

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American Rights at Work

American Rights at Work (ARAW) is a U.S. self-described nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advocates for workers and their right to form unions without interference.

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Andy Stern

Andrew L. "Andy" Stern (born November 22, 1950) is the former president of the then 2.2.million member Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

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Anna Burger

Anna Burger (born September 27, 1950) was the Secretary-Treasurer of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Chair of the Change to Win Federation.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Labour Congress

The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (Congrès du travail du Canada or CTC) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in English Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.

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Cintas

Cintas Corporation is an American company with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, that provides specialized services to businesses, primarily in North America.

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Coalition

The term "coalition" is the denotation for a group formed when two or more persons, faction, states, political parties, militaries etc.

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Communications Workers of America

Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States, representing about 600,000 members in both the private and public sectors.

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David Bonior

David Edward Bonior (born June 6, 1945) is an American politician from the US state of Michigan.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Dennis Van Roekel

Dennis Van Roekel is an American labor leader who served as president of the National Education Association, the largest labor union in the United States.

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Emerald Cities Collaborative

Emerald Cities Collaborative is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. with affiliate offices in ten US cities.

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Fast food worker strikes

The Fight for $15 an hour involves child care, home healthcare, airport, gas station, convenience store, and fast food workers striking for increased pay and the right to form a union with their employers.

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Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union

The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) was a United States labor union representing workers of the hospitality industry, formed in 1891.

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union that represents nearly 750,000 workers and retirees in the electrical industry in the United States, Canada, Panama, Guam, and several Caribbean island nations; particularly electricians, or inside wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public utilities.

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.

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James P. Hoffa

James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941) is an attorney and labor leader and the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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John Sweeney (labor leader)

John Joseph Sweeney (born May 5, 1934) is a labor leader and served as president of the AFL-CIO from 1995 to 2009.

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Labor federation competition in the United States

Labor federation competition in the U.S. is a history of the labor movement, considering U.S. labor organizations and federations that have been regional, national, or international in scope, and that have united organizations of disparate groups of workers.

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Laborers' International Union of North America

The Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA, often shortened to just the Laborers' Union) is an American and Canadian labor union formed in 1903, which seeks to advance the rights and interests of its members.

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Mary Kay Henry

Mary Kay Henry (born 1958) is an American labor union activist who was elected International President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) on May 8, 2010.

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National Education Association

The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest professional interest group in the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Organizing model

The organizing model, as the term refers to trade unions (and sometimes other social-movement organizations), is a broad conception of how those organizations should recruit, operate, and advance the interests of their members, though the specific functions of the model are more detailed and are discussed at length below.

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Private sector

The private sector is the part of the economy, sometimes referred to as the citizen sector, which is run by private individuals or groups, usually as a means of enterprise for profit, and is not controlled by the State.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP (abbreviation for Grand Old Party), is one of the two major political parties in the United States, the other being its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

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Service Employees International Union

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada.

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Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods, Inc., is a meat-processing company and wholly owned subsidiary of WH Group of China.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Transport and General Workers' Union

The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world).

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Union democracy

Union democracy is a term referring to the governance of trade unions, in terms of the quality of election procedures at ensuring the executives of a union most accurately represent the interests of the members.

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Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees

The Union of Needletrades, Industrial, and Textile Employees (UNITE, often stylized UNITE!) was a labor union in the United States.

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Union organizer

A union organizer (or union organiser) is a specific type of trade union member (often elected) or an appointed union official.

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UNITE HERE

UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with more than 265,000 active members.

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Unite the Union

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union.

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United Automobile Workers

The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Automobile Workers (UAW), is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada.

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United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America often simply, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) was formed in 1881 by Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert.

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United Farm Workers

The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States.

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United Food and Commercial Workers

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hospitality; agriculture; cannabis; chemical trades; security; textile, and health care.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United Steelworkers

The United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (United Steelworkers or USW) is the largest industrial labor union in North America, with 860,294 members.

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Walmart

Walmart Inc. (formerly branded as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_to_Win_Federation

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