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CHANGE TO WIN
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NW REGION
UFCW is proud to be a member of the
National Change to Win Federation of Labor Unions and
UFCW Local 555 is proud to represent the NW Region.
Continue reading to learn more about who Change to Win is and what we are fighting
for.
Who We Are
Change to Win was founded in September 2005 by seven unions and six million workers
devoted to building a movement of working people with the power to provide workers a
paycheck that supports a family, universal, affordable health care, a secure retirement and
dignity on the job.
Change to Win’s primary focus is to unite the 50 million workers in Change to Win affiliate
industries whose jobs cannot be outsourced and who are vital to the global economy — but
who are not given a chance to reach the middle class. We are uniting workers in industries
such as hospitality, construction, retail, food processing, healthcare, trucking and
transportation among others.
The seven affiliated unions are: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers’ International
Union of North America, Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers of America, and
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Restoring The American Dream
The six million members of the Change to
Win labor federation have united to renew hope,
opportunity and prosperity for American
workers and their families. By uniting millions more
workers in a strong and innovative union
movement, we can ensure that work is valued and
rewarded in America and create hope for
a better future for our children and grandchildren.
We are building a movement with the
power to provide workers:
Universal Health Care
Universal health care is the central
jobs and economic security issue of our era. Winning
access to affordable, quality care for
everyone in America will have the biggest positive
impact
on the economic security of the American
people of any campaign in generations and places
the labor movement at the forefront of
progressive change. Change to Win unions have taken
the lead in a campaign to unify the
broadest number of working people, capture the
imagination
of the nation and build a broad
coalition to win affordable, quality health care for
all.
Retirement Security
Change to Win is devoted to building a
nationwide campaign to win real retirement security for
American workers. We are simultaneously
focused on defending defined benefit pension plans
that guarantee retirees a monthly
pension as we also develop new ideas and strategies that
will enable us to extend genuine
retirement security to the millions of Americans who
don’t
have defined benefit plans. We believe
that we need to build a system that is adapted to a
world of rapid change.
Immigrant Rights
Change to Win continues to play a
leading role in the movement to defend the rights of
immigrant workers to join a union and be
protected on the job. The fight for fair treatment and
legal protection for immigrant workers
in this country is inextricably linked to the fight for
better
wages, benefits and working conditions
for all workers. We will not allow workers to be pitted
one against the other because of their
national origin. Everything labor has ever won came by
building a grassroots movement and
strong community alliances. Our unions have been
organizing and fighting for the rights
of immigrant workers, and we will continue to do so.
It’s Time To Make Work
Pay!
For too many people, 40 hours of hard
work does not provide the basics of the American
Dream. CEO pay is skyrocketing and
corporate profits go up and up. But most workers are
being left behind — the gap between the
rich and everyone else is gaping and growing. The
only way to preserve the middle class
and the American way of life — the only way working
people in America will obtain a decent
standard of living — is to help millions unite in the
union movement.
Change to Win unions are sharing
resources, supporting each other’s organizing drives,
and exerting pressure on corporations to not
interfere with their workers’ democratic right to join a
union. We are partnering with other
unions, community groups, elected public officials,
responsible employers, and other allies
around the world.
About Us |
History of UFCW 555 |
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