Two Unions Leave Labor Federation, Two More May Join Them

The Teamsters Union and the Service Employees International Union have withdrawn from the labor federation to form their own group, the Change to Win Coalition. These two groups made up 3 million out of the 13 million members of the labor federation. They have refused to pay back millions of dollars in back dues to the AFL-CIO. "When you are going down the road, and the road you are going down is the wrong road and you know where the road ends, you have to get off the road and go where there is hope," said SEIU President Andy Stern on Monday. "Today there is hope for American workers." UFCW and UNITE HERE, who boycotted the AFL-CIO convention, and are part of the Change to Win Coalition, are expected to leave the labor federation as well. Stephen Franklin and Barbara Rose of the Chicago Tribune latest ebusiness news