Apr 14, 2011
Fighting to save vital public services and good jobs, Texas State Employee Union-CWA members turned out in force last week in Austin, some of them riding buses all night, for their biggest Lobby Day ever.
Apr 14, 2011
CWAers joined with thousands of union members, students, senior citizens and working families in Lansing, Mich., this week to rally against devastating budget proposals that would slash vital services, raise taxes on those who can least afford it and give a $1.8 billion tax break to businesses.
Apr 14, 2011
As national, state and corporate attacks on unions intensify, CWA and the AFL-CIO are asking locals to make it an "immediate priority" to join and participate in their communities' central labor councils.
Apr 8, 2011
Stay tuned to Wisconsin election results as investigation into "discovered" ballots gets underway.
Apr 7, 2011
Embracing the April 4 movement proposed by CWA just a few weeks earlier, hundreds of thousands of people across the country made their voices heard Monday in their workplaces, their communities and outside businesses and government buildings in the intensifying national fight for workers' rights and economic justice.
Apr 7, 2011
In Colombia, just 100,000 workers out of 20 million have bargaining rights.
Apr 7, 2011
Bowing to airline executives angry about new democratic rules for union elections, the U.S. House defeated a bipartisan amendment last week intended to preserve the important changes the National Mediation Board made last year.
Apr 7, 2011
As part of CWA's ongoing effort to build alliances, CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill met recently with two key members of Congress who are strong workers' rights advocates.
Apr 7, 2011
Have you paid your 2010 taxes yet? On a percentage basis, you're certainly paying more than the most profitable U.S. companies, and in some cases you're literally paying more.
Apr 5, 2011
CWA's Human Rights Department presents the 2011 report on CWA Local Union Civil Rights and Equity Committees and Women's Committees
Mar 31, 2011
Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, joined CWA's third virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night, building excitement for the nationwide events on Monday, April 4, and the ongoing battle for workers' rights.
Mar 31, 2011
Across our country on April 4, working people and allies from the civil rights movement, the religious community, student groups and many more are standing together for the rights of all workers to bargain for a middle-class life, our right to a voice in the political process and the respect that all people deserve.
Mar 22, 2011
The CWA National Committee on Civil Rights and Equity and National Women’s Committee Urge You to Take Action Now!
Mar 17, 2011
Will your local be rallying April 4? Leafleting outside a union-busting business? Protesting at city hall or the state legislature? With just 2 1/2 weeks to go until the nationwide day of action, CWA is making it easy for you to plan, share and join events in your community.
Mar 17, 2011
On Tuesday, March 29, CWAers will again join together for a virtual town hall meeting. CWA President Larry Cohen, Executive Vice President Annie Hill, executive board members and thousands of CWA activists will be on the phone in our third meeting since the fight for fairness in the states got underway.
Mar 10, 2011
Gearing up for the biggest nationwide mobilization of workers in decades, CWA, the union movement and a growing list of allies are planning activities and events for April 4, the day in 1968 that Martin Luther King was murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis.
Mar 10, 2011
From statehouse rallies and demonstrations in cities nationwide, there's been no shortage of creative hand-made signs as CWA and its allies fight the wave of attacks on workers' rights.
Mar 10, 2011
Marking the 100th annual International Women's Day on Tuesday, CWA members and union supporters around the world offered encouraging words to more than 10,000 women who work at T-Mobile USA, which is fighting its workers every step of the way as they fight to organize a union.
Mar 10, 2011
At least 45 organizations so far have joined Pride@Work in signing a solidarity statement supporting workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and more than 30 other states where Republican lawmakers are trying to pass union-busting legislation.
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