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    :: Thursday, June 23, 2005 ::

    Why There Is So Little Support or Interest In Stern-Hoffa's 'Change to Win Coalition' - LaborTalk By Harry Kelber
    The problem with the new coalition is that, despite its lofty rhetoric and grandiose goals “to boost union strength and improve workers’ lives,” it has hardly any visible support within the AFL-CIO beyond its five unions (service employees, teamsters, laborers, food and commercial workers and Unite-Here, a merged union of apparel and hotel workers.)
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