Change to Win Leaders Visit China

Anna Burger speaking in China

Change to Win leaders traveled to China in May 2007 because in order to share in the prosperity of the global economy, workers and their organizations must build strong links of solidarity around the world. Members of the Change to Win delegation will study the common challenges faced by workers in the world's largest economy and the world's fastest-growing economy, and enter into dialogue with their Chinese counterparts on how to improve respect for workers everywhere.

The delegation includes Anna Burger, Chair of Change to Win and International Secretary-Treasurer of SEIU; Edgar Romney, Change to Win Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Vice President at UNITE HERE; James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President; Arturo Rodriguez, President of United Farm Workers; Andy Stern, International President of SEIU; and Greg Tarpinian, Executive Director of Change to Win.

Pictures

Photo from China trip
Photo from China trip
Photo from China trip
Photo from China trip

Press Releases and Statements

Statement by Anna Burger, Change to Win Chair: Workers in U.S. and China: Promoting Global Prosperity Through Global Solidarity
May 22, 2007

Building Global Solidarity: Change to Win Leaders Visit China
May 15, 2007

In the News

U.S. Labor Sees Reasons to Deal With Chinese
McClatchy, May 23, 2007

Hoffa: Labor Conditions Must Improve in China
NPR, May 23, 2007

 

How U.S. Labor Leaders Chart a Global Course
Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2007

U.S. workers to gain from improved China labor conditions - US union group
AFX News, May 22, 2007

China, U.S. Trade Unions Seek Closer Cooperation
Xinhua News Agency, May 22, 2007

U.S. labor leaders bring bargaining tips to rival Chinese workers
Associated Press, May 21, 2007

U.S. labor leaders denounce corporations for opposing China's labor law
Associated Press, May 18, 2007

U.S. labor leader to visit China in break with past shunning of party-controlled union
Associated Press, May 17, 2007