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Unite To Win: SEIU's Proposal to Revitalize the Labor Movement

SEIU believes that working people are strong only when:

• All unions work together, instead of each going its own way.
• All union members who deal with the same employer or work in the same industry or sector — no matter what union they are in — unite their strength to win contracts and legislation.
• Unions make it a top priority to help the 90% of American workers who don’t have a union to join us and add their strength to ours.

How can working people be more united to build the strength to win on health care, retirement benefits, pay, and job security? In the “Unite to Win” proposal presented to labor leaders on Nov. 10, SEIU calls for one united labor movement to:

• Lead a coordinated campaign for quality health care for all, including reforms at the state and local level.
• Challenge the “Wal-Marting” of American jobs as Wal-Mart’s low-wage, no-benefit policy drags down standards for everyone.
• Build a global labor movement so workers around the world who work for the same employer or industry can coordinate strategy and fight the corporations’ “race to the bottom.”