Two Unions Quit AFL-CIO
CHICAGO, July 25 – Leaders of two of the largest unions in the A.F.L.-C.I.O. – the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters – said today that they are quitting the federation in an expected but highly controversial move that underscores a major schism in the national labor movement.
The two unions said they were forming a competing labor coalition that they hope will address the decline in union membership. Mr. Hoffa said that the Teamsters have partnered with seven “strong and progressive” unions in the Change to Win coalition, a recently formed coalition of labor unions whose leaders have criticized the A.F.L.-C.I.O. for failing to “embrace fundamental reforms that would strengthen labor’s ability to make real headway.”
Source: NY Times.
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