SEIU Using Change To Win For Its Dirt!

by | Jul 7, 2010 | News

Change to Win was created several years ago to compete with the AFL-CIO, in hopes of rejuvenating the organized labor movement. Today it seems like it is just a figure head that is shrinking year after year. In fact, the Carpenters Union has left Change to Win and returned to the AFL-CIO. Lately, the SEIU is using the labor group Change to Win as a buffer between them and ACORN when it comes to contributions. The SEIU does not want to put its “good name” through the mud by contributing directly to the controversial ACORN affiliates. Glenn Spencer, the executive director of the Workforce Freedom Initiative with the Chamber of Commerce said it best, “SEIU views Change to Win as a useful mouthpiece and it can use it as a pathway to funnel money to shady groups like ACORN without putting its own name on the check.” I bet the SEIU union members will be glad to know their union dues are going to a great cause……

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