Change to Win

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spied on by themis as sample?</p>

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EXCLUSIVE: US Chamber’s Lobbyists Solicited Hackers To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber’s Political Opponents

ThinkProgress has learned that a law firm representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the big business trade association representing ExxonMobil, AIG, and other major international corporations, is working with set of “private security” companies and lobbying firms to undermine their political opponents, including ThinkProgress, with a surreptitious sabotage campaign.

According to e-mails obtained by ThinkProgress, the Chamber hired the lobbying firm Hunton and Williams. Hunton And Williams’ attorney Richard Wyatt, who once represented Food Lion in its infamous lawsuit against ABC News, was hired by the Chamber in October of last year. To assist the Chamber, Wyatt and his associates, John Woods and Bob Quackenboss, solicited a set of private security firms — HBGary Federal, Palantir, and Berico Technologies (collectively called Team Themis) — to develop tactics for damaging progressive groups and labor unions, in particular ThinkProgress, the labor coalition called<b><span style=" color: #ED1C24;"> Change to Win</span></b>, the SEIU, US Chamber Watch, and StopTheChamber.com.</p>

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According to one document prepared by Team Themis, the campaign included an entrapment project. The proposal called for first creating a “false document, perhaps highlighting periodical financial information,” to give to a progressive group opposing the Chamber, and then to subsequently expose the document as a fake to undermine the credibility of the Chamber’s opponents. In addition, the group proposed creating a “fake insider persona” to “generate communications” with Change to Win. View a screenshot below:

The security firms hoped to obtain $200,000 for initial background research, then charge up to $2 million for a larger disinformation campaign against progressives. We don’t know if the proposal was accepted after Phase 1 was completed.

<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition</a>

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<p><b>Change to Win</b> coalition, according to its website, was created when "Seven unions and six million workers united in Change to Win in 2005 to build a new movement of working people equipped to meet the challenges of the global economy and restore the American Dream in the 21st century: a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement and dignity on the job."<sup id="cite_ref-about_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_note-about-0">[1]</a></sup>

It was formed when the seven member unions split off from the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/AFL-CIO" title="AFL-CIO">AFL-CIO</a>. The leaders of the breakaway faction said they were leaving because of distress over what they described as the AFL-CIO's ineffectiveness in stopping the long-term decline in union membership.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#Member_unions"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Member unions</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#Contact_details"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Contact details</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#Resources_and_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Resources and articles</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#References"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Member_unions">Member unions</span></h2>

<p>Change to Win consists of four affiliated unions as of 2010:<sup id="cite_ref-about_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_note-about-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

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<li>International Brotherhood of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Teamsters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teamsters (page does not exist)">Teamsters</a> (IBT) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.teamster.org">http://www.teamster.org</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Service_Employees_International_Union" title="Service Employees International Union">Service Employees International Union</a> (SEIU) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.seiu.org">http://www.seiu.org</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_Farm_Workers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Farm Workers (page does not exist)">United Farm Workers</a> of America (UFW) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ufw.org">http://www.ufw.org</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers" title="United Food and Commercial Workers">United Food and Commercial Workers</a> International Union (UFCW) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.ufcw.org">http://www.ufcw.org</a></li>

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<p>Former:</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Laborers%27_International_Union_of_North_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laborers' International Union of North America (page does not exist)">Laborers' International Union of North America</a> (LIUNA) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.liuna.org">http://www.liuna.org</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_Brotherhood_of_Carpenters_and_Joiners_of_America&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (page does not exist)">United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America</a> (UBC) <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.carpenters.org">http://www.carpenters.org</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=UNITE_HERE&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="UNITE HERE (page does not exist)">UNITE HERE</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.unitehere.org">http://www.unitehere.org</a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<p>Leadership councel:<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup></p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joseph_Hansen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Hansen (page does not exist)">Joseph Hansen</a>, Chair, Change to Win, International President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=James_P._Hoffa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James P. Hoffa (page does not exist)">James P. Hoffa</a>, Secretary-Treasurer, Change to Win, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Geralyn_Lutty&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geralyn Lutty (page does not exist)">Geralyn Lutty</a>, International Vice President, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mary_Kay_Henry" title="Mary Kay Henry">Mary Kay Henry</a>, President, Service Employees International Union</li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arturo_S._Rodriguez&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arturo S. Rodriguez (page does not exist)">Arturo S. Rodriguez</a>, President, United Farm Workers of America</li>

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<p>Key Staff:</p>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_Woodruff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Woodruff (page does not exist)">Tom Woodruff</a>, Director, Strategic Organizing Center</li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_details">Contact details</span></h2>

<p>1900 L Street NW

Suite 900

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: 202-721-0660

Fax : 202-721-0661

Email: info AT changetowin.org

Web: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.changetowin.org">http://www.changetowin.org</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Resources_and_articles">Resources and articles</span></h2>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Stauber" title="John Stauber">John Stauber</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/03/15/the-progressive-movement-is-a-pr-front-for-rich-democrats/">The Progressive Movement is a PR Front for Rich Democrats</a>, March 15, 2013, CounterPunch.</li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/99%25_Spring" title="99% Spring">99% Spring</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Farm_Labor_Organizing_Committee" title="Farm Labor Organizing Committee">Farm Labor Organizing Committee</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Labor_Watch" title="Labor Watch">Labor Watch</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Department_of_Labor" title="U.S. Department of Labor">U.S. Department of Labor</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-about-0">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_ref-about_0-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_ref-about_0-1">1.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.changetowin.org/about-us.html">About page</a>, Change to Win, accessed October 2010.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Thomas B. Edsall, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/25/AR2005072500251.html">Two Top Unions Split From AFL-CIO</a>", <i>The Washington Post</i>, July 26, 2005.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Change_to_Win_Coalition#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.changetowin.org/about-us/leadership-and-affiliated-unions.html">Leadership</a>, Change to Win, accessed October 2010.</span></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="External_articles">External articles</span></h3>

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<li>Steven Greenhouse, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/us/05labor.html?_r=1&ref=change_to_win_coalition">After a Life in Labor, a Union Leader Retires, Frustrated by the Movement's Troubles</a>", <i>The New York Times</i>, September 4, 2010.</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Labor" title="Category:Labor">Labor</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:Liberal_Advocacy_Organizations" title="Category:Liberal Advocacy Organizations">Liberal Advocacy Organizations</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:United_States" title="Category:United States">United States</a></li>

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