Change to Win

Representing 6 million workers, seven unions--UFCW, SEIU, Teamsters, UNITE-HERE, Laborers, Farm Workers, and Carpenters--are a part of Change to Win, a new alliance devoted to creating a large-scale, coordinated campaign to rebuild the American Labor Movement.

For more information on Change to Win, go to www.changetowin.org.

Below are links to archived articles and speeches on the UFCW's committment to revitalize the Labor Movement by partnering with like-minded unions that form Change to Win.

• Change to Win Vows to Dedicate a Majority of Resources to Organizing Workers
  September 28, 2005--Hundreds of working people from around the country – members of unions that together represent nearly 6 million workers – came together to create a new labor federation dedicated to ensuring that hard work is once again valued in the US and around the world.  READ MORE
  
  

• UFCW International President Joe Hansen spoke at the Change to Win Founding Convention in St. Louis, Mo., in 2005

  Joe Hansen, UFCW International President, Places Change to Win Constitution Before Delegates
  September 27, 2005--I am honored and privileged to bring before this convention the resolution to adopt the Change to Win Constitution.  The constitution is our pledge.  It is our pledge to restore hope, opportunity, and prosperity for American workers and their families.  READ MORE
  
  
• Statement by Joe Hansen, UFCW International President, at the Change to Win Founding Convention
  September 27, 2005-- We meet today—and I say this as plainly as it can be said—because if we don’t drastically change there will be no labor movement in this country.  We are here, each and every one of us, to pledge ourselves to a new course of action that gives working people a fighting chance to have the respect they deserve in the workplace—and, a better life for their families.  READ MORE
  
  
• Remarks by Geralyn Lutty, UFCW International Vice President and Director of Region 7, at Change to Win Founding Convention
  September 27, 2005-- We’ve laid out an ambitious new agenda and vision for changing the lives of American workers.  There’s no better place to start on that agenda than at the nation’s largest private employer.  Yes, Wal-Mart.  READ MORE
  
  
• UFCW Moves For a Revitalized Labor Movement, Disaffiliates from AFL-CIO
  July 29, 2005--The UFCW, its local unions and its officers are committed to rebuilding worker power. We have undertaken the process to restructure and revitalize our union to meet the needs of our current and future members. For our union to succeed on behalf of our members, we must be part of a revitalized and dynamic labor movement that connects with a new generation of workers struggling in the 21st century's global economy.  READ MORE
  
  
• UFCW International President Joe Hansen's Letter to All UFCW Locals Regarding Non-Particiption in AFL-CIO Convention
  July 25, 2005--Yesterday, with the unanimous support of the UFCW International Executive Board, I determined that the best course of action for the UFCW was to continue to withhold our AFL-CIO per-capita tax and not attend the federation’s convention. The UFCW took this action along with three of our Change to Win Coalition partners—IBT, SEIU, and UNITE/HERE.  READ MORE