These are conversations that help not just engage those who feel disempowered but also transform unions to be the force we all envision.
It immediately transformed Union antislavery policy in two crucial ways.
True, Cuban-Americans have been here a long time, transforming Union City from a factory town into a vibrant little Little Havana.
A couple of years ago, a plan was put forward to transform Union Terrace Gardens – two-and-a-half-acres of green, open space in the city centre – into a "granite web" of gardens, pavilions, plazas, a cultural centre, and an outdoor amphitheatre.
Image caption Aberdeen City Council is still looking at bids from firms who want the chance to transform Union Terrace Gardens, according to The Press & Journal.
But it also hints that the example of same-sex unions might partially transform marriage from within, creating greater institutional flexibility — particularly sexual flexibility — for straight and gay spouses alike.
This is just one of the complaints that Andrew L. Stern, the union's president, faces as he seeks to transform the union, already the nation's fastest growing, to make it grow even faster.
For Mr. Stern and the service employees, the merger makes sense not only because it increases the union's size, reach and dues income, but also because it stands to transform the union from a midget to a mighty player in New York politics.
"We do need some change – to protect and transform the union.
A party in disarray On a wing and a taxpayer's prayer Piccadilly circus The heretical Czechs Reprints Related items Charlemagne: Czechs with few matesAug 30th 2007 Central Europe: Reaping the European Union harvestJan 6th 2005That said, Czech ministers do not buy the French or German line that Lisbon is a vital treaty that will magically transform the union into a world power.
"I think they've shown unprecedented ability to change and transform the union," says Kristin Dziczek, who directs CAR's Automotive Labor and Education program.
