One must wonder when the other shoe will drop. What does Change To Win provide, other than positions of “authority” for possible resume enhancement? It is no longer the “alternative” that it purported itself to be at inception, and in fact is now pledging to cooperate with the AFL-CIO in political and legislative action. It was against such priorities that Change To Win was conceived in the first place. Nevertheless, even as the Laborers announce their re-association with the AFL-CIO, Change To Win elected UFCW President Joe Hansen as its new chair, and Teamsters President James Hoffa as its new Secretary-Treasurer. Hansen replaces Anna Burger, who recently resigned from her post at Change To Win simultaneous with her resignation as secretary-treasurer of SEIU. Hoffa replaces Edgar Romney, whose union, UNITE-HERE, had already left Change To Win to rejoin the AFL-CIO.
