Sep 2, 2010
85 Percent of Workers Say Job Safety More Critical than Wages, Other Issues
More than eight of ten workers, 85 percent, rank job safety first in importance among workplace issues, according to a new University of Chicago study. Read More
CWA is interested in learning more about your work and your health working in extreme temperatures. Survey information will be used by CWA for representation purposes only.
The CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department has as its primary responsibility the elimination/minimization of member exposure to hazardous working conditions and potentially related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. The Department’s primary areas of activity include:
The primary work functions of the department include:
These activities are achieved through the development and use of a coordinated approach within CWA involving headquarters personnel as well as national, district, and local officers, leaders, and occupational safety and health activists.
Sep 2, 2010
More than eight of ten workers, 85 percent, rank job safety first in importance among workplace issues, according to a new University of Chicago study. Read More
Aug 19, 2010
Don't miss your chance to join other CWAers and be part of a historic rally a quarter of a million strong on Oct. 2 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. There, workers and retirees, environmentalists, human rights activists and other voices from across the progressive movement will speak as "One Nation" to fight for good jobs, retirement security, bargaining rights and government that works for all of us. Read More
Aug 19, 2010
CWAers, members of the Sierra Club and other activists have signed on for the BlueGreen Alliance's "The Job's Not Done Tour," aimed at urging Senate action on critical legislation that will create and save millions of jobs. The three-week, 17-state, 30-city bus tour, left Los Angeles this week. Read More