Topic: Change To Win Federation
The most influential unions in the United States are obvious, the AFL-CIO and the Change to Win Federation. The Change to Win Federation split from the AFL-CIO in 2005. AFL-CIO has over nine-million members from both the United States and Canada. There ...
Burger leaves Change to Win union federation, senior post at service employees unionOne of the most powerful women in the U.S. labor movement is leaving her post as head of the 5.5-million member Change to Win federation.Anna Burger is ...
The article reports on efforts to close fissures in the American labor movement. It is explained that the the organizations Change to Win and the National Education Association grew out of breakaway factions of the AFL-CIO. The four-hour discussion with a catered ...
<div id="subtitle">Questions about drug plan for Kan. govt. workers lead panel to grill health agency official</div><div><p>A Kansas health administrator tried Monday to reassure legislators that his agency is working aggressively to hold down prescription costs for ...
<div id="subtitle">Union criticizes company managing drug plan for Kansas state workers; lawmakers plan hearings</div><div><p>A national union group is pushing Kansas to dump the company that manages the prescription plan for state employees, saying it has failed ...
CVS Caremark says FTC is looking into business practices, says it has not broken antitrust lawThe Federal Trade Commission is investigating some of CVS Caremark Corp.'s business practices, the company said Thursday.The drugstore chain and pharmacy benefits manager did not ...
AFL-CIO head asks groupsto follow Unite Here into fold PITTSBURGH As Richard Trumka assumed the presidency of the AFL-CIO Wednesday, he issued a sweeping call for reunification to a number of unions that left the nations largest labor organization in a bitter ...
Three and a half years after the Change to Win affiliates split away from the AFL-CIO, the unions are a step closer to reuniting. The main complaint against the AFL-CIO was that it wasn't putting enough resources into organizing efforts. The ...
Union federations set aside differences, agree to push Congress on immigration overhaul planUnion leaders said Tuesday they have set aside differences to agree on a unified immigration overhaul plan they hope will win passage in Congress this year.The proposal from labor ...
Despite promising time for labor, infighting undermines political cloutLabor has its best chance in years to see its pro-worker plans become reality, but infighting is threatening to undermine its clout when workers most need it as jobs disappear and economic fears grow ...
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