May 9, 2013
President Obama Must Tackle Mexico’s Labor Rights Record
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico, labor leaders called on him to address “Mexico’s dismal labor rights record.” Read More
Collective bargaining rights and the right to organize have been under corporate assualt for three decades. The frontline in the news today is Wisconsin public workers. Tomorrow's headlines will feature the fights led by CWA in Ohio and New Jersey.
CWA's program to create good jobs is rooted in support for collective bargaining and the right to organize. Our goals are sustainable, union jobs, retirement security, and health care. We've adopted democracy principles to suppor these goals -- particularly the need to reform our campaign finance laws to prevent corporations and billionaires from buying politicians.
Each of us can bring this movement to our workplaces and our communities. Talk about the importance of collective bargaining with your co-workers, friends and familiy members. Share information about the fight via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter and on local and national blogs.
Next Steps
- If you live in a state where public workers and collective bargaining rights are under attack, click here to send a letter to the editor of your local paper.
- Talk about the importance of collective bargaining in your workplace and in your community. Click here for key points.
- Attend and bring a group of friends to a support rally at a location near you. Click here for a list of rally locations.
- Connect with CWA contacts who are leading the fight in your state. Click here for a list of state contacts.
- Learn more about how CWA workers in New Jersey and across the country are fighting back. Click here for the CWA New Jersey website.
- Get the facts about the issues in Wisconsin and in other states. Click here for a good background piece on Wisconsin. Click here for the AFL-CIO's "States of Denial" website.
Mobilization Union Hall Calls
CWA has held several national calls to discuss the attack on collective bargaining rights.
Click here to listen to the February 23rd call.
Click here to listen to the March 2nd call.
Click here to listen to the May 3rd call.
Click here to listen to the June 16th call.
May 9, 2013
We’re Building a Movement 50 Million Strong
CWA activists in Colorado, Maryland, and New York. Read More
Apr 18, 2013
Full Out Attack on the NLRB
Last Friday, House Republicans pushed through H.R. 1120, a bill that would essentially shut down the National Labor Relations Board. Piling on a recent Court of Appeals ruling challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the NLRB, the legislation seeks to freeze all NLRB activities that requires a quorum of board members. It would also bar the NLRB from enforcing any decisions it has made since Jan. 4, 2012, when Obama made those disputed recess appointments. Read More
Apr 11, 2013
New Jersey Activists Head to Boot Camp
Fifty million people can change the future of our country. And this week, New Jersey CWA activists took the first steps toward building that campaign against corporations and right-wing extremists. Read More
Apr 11, 2013
NLRB Threatens Two Complaints in One Week Against Cablevision
The National Labor Relations Board has threatened to file two complaints against Cablevision this week. Read More
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