CWA, the largest telecommunications union in the world, represents over 700,000 men and women in both private and public sectors, including over half a million workers who are building the Information Highway.
CWA members work in telecommunications, broadcasting, cable TV, journalism, publishing, manufacturing, airlines, customer service, government service, health care, education and other fields.
CWA's top officers are President Larry Cohen and Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hill. CWA's Executive Board governs the union between conventions. It includes the President and Secretary-Treasurer, and vice presidents for seven geographic districts, seven industry sectors, four at-large members and the Canadian director.
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Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA)
AFA-CWA represents nearly 60,000 Flight Attendants at over 20 airlines.
CWA Telecommunications
CWA represents over 300,000 telephone and cable TV services workers, including wireline, wireless, broadband, data and IP services, and electronic security systems and services.
CWA Telecommunications and Technologies Sector
The Telecommunications & Technologies Office is the new name for the newly-merged Communications & Technologies and Telecommunications sectors.
CWA Industrial Division/International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers (IUE-CWA)
IUE-CWA represents over 45,000 manufacturing and industrial workers in a wide range of industries including automotive, aerospace, furniture, and appliances.
Public Health Care and Education Workers Sector
CWA's Public, Health Care and Education Workers sector represents more than 140,000 workers including social workers, educators, health care providers, computer programmers, heavy equipment operators, and corrections and police officers.
The Newspaper Guild (TNG-CWA)
TNG-CWA represents over 34,000 media workers at wire services, newspapers, magazines, labor information services, broadcast news, public service and dot com companies.
The National Association of Broadcast Employees & Technicians (NABET-CWA)
NABET-CWA represents over 10,000 workers employed in the broadcasting, distributing, telecasting, recording, cable, video, sound recording and related industries.
National Coalition of Public Safety Officers-CWA (NCPSO-CWA)
NCPSO-CWA represents over 16,000 municipal police officers, deputy sheriffs, state police, county and state correctional officers, EMS workers, communications dispatchers, probation officers, and firefighters.
Printing, Publishing and Media Workers Sector
PPMWS represents over 8,000 workers in a diverse range of occupations in daily newspapers, commercial printing and mailing operations, graphic design, specialty manufacturing, publishing and distribution as well as the U. S. Government Printing Office.
