UFCW 951 Supports UFCW Disaffiliation from AFL-CIO

The UFCW International Union , a founding member of the Change to Win Coalition, withdrew from the AFL-CIO on July 29, 2005 . UFCW 951 looks forward to working with its Coalition partners in building a new, vibrant labor movement in the United States and in Michigan .

The Change to Win Coalition believes in the importance of organizing non-union workers, "coordinated, strategic bargaining," and a "political program connected to the needs, concerns, and goals of workers, irrespective of political parties and labels," according to UFCW International President Joe Hansen in a letter to AFL-CIO President John Sweeny today.

Learn more at www.UFCW.org and www.ChangeToWin.org

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