The STRATEGIC ORGANIZING CENTER (SOC, formerly Change to Win) is an organization dedicated to improving the lives of working people.
We are a democratic coalition of labor unions representing millions of working women and men. We stand against structural racism in all its forms. We fight not only for jobs, but good jobs: safe, equitable workplaces where all employees are respected, paid living wages and have a seat at the table.
Millions of people must unite into a strong, reinvigorated labor movement.
If you think it’s time for hard work to be rewarded and valued again in America, and that we need to stop corporate greed, you’re at the right place. Enter your information for ways to get involved.
Campaigns
The SOC works with unions on innovative campaigns that confront corporate misconduct and support workers fighting for economic justice and equity.
Fight For $15
The Fight for $15 and a Union began in 2012 when two hundred fast-food workers walked off the job to demand $15 an hour and union rights in New York City. Today, it’s a global movement impacting wages around the world.
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The Fight for $15 and a Union began in 2012 when two hundred fast-food workers walked off the job to demand $15 an hour and union rights in New York City. Today, it’s a global movement impacting wages around the world.
Justice for Port Drivers
Justice for Port Truck Drivers is a campaign of over 75,000 truck drivers organizing for fairness in the port trucking industry by calling on elected government and port officials to enforce labor laws and to protect the public’s interest.
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Justice for Port Truck Drivers is a campaign of over 75,000 truck drivers organizing for fairness in the port trucking industry by calling on elected government and port officials to enforce labor laws and to protect the public’s interest.
Government Contracting for the Common Good
These campaigns support workers who serve America through government contracts. They seek to establish requirements to hold contractor-employers to the highest standards of workplace conduct and full legal compliance with contract performance provisions.
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These campaigns support workers who serve America through government contracts. They seek to establish requirements to hold contractor-employers to the highest standards of workplace conduct and full legal compliance with contract performance provisions.
CODE-CWA
The SOC has partnered with the Communications Workers of America to support the ground-breaking tech workers organizing through CODE-CWA at major tech companies including Alphabet.
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The SOC has partnered with the Communications Workers of America to support the ground-breaking tech workers organizing through CODE-CWA at major tech companies including Alphabet.
Areas of expertise
Careers at the SOC
Want to use your skills to help people fight powerful corporations, dismantle structural racism and win living wages, benefits and dignity on the job? Join the SOC in our fight for POWER AT WORK.
The SOC Updates
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Corporations Are Making Billions in Profits — Yet American Workers Have No Paid Sick Leave
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McDonald’s Secretive Intel Team Spies on ‘Fight for $15’ Workers, Internal Documents Show
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Working Two Jobs, and Barely Surviving
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'I can't keep doing this': gig workers say pay has fallen after California's Prop 22