Change To Win Coalition

Change to Win, the federation of unions that broke away from the AFL-CIO nearly two years ago, faces internal divides that could threaten its own viability, according to documents obtained by The Times.

Frustrated with the AFL-CIO's direction, the presidents of five major national unions representing about a third of U.S. union members on Wednesday formed a coalition aimed at restoring power to the waning labor movement through a series of aggressive, coordinated organizing campaigns. The move was widely viewed as the first step toward a split in the 50-year-old AFL-CIO, a federation of 57 national unions that has been losing membership and power for decades.