CWA represents 700,000 workers in private and public sector employment in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico in 1,200 chartered CWA local unions. In 10,000 communities across the United States, CWA members work in telecommunications and information technology, the airline industry, news media, broadcast and cable television, education, health care and public service, law enforcement, manufacturing and other fields.
CWA's top elected officers are President Chris Shelton and Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens. CWA's Executive Board governs the union between conventions. It includes the President and Secretary-Treasurer, the vice presidents of CWAs geographic districts, sectors and industries and other leaders.
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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.
