Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing

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.