Democracy

Apr 29, 2013

CWA President Cohen Arrested in St. Louis at Peabody Coal Demonstration

In St. Louis today, leaders from the labor movement, community organizations and religious groups stood up to Peabody Coal and its unfair attack on retired workers.

Apr 18, 2013

Standing with Boston

CWA is proud of the first responders, medics, and Guild and NABET members who put their own lives on the line to spring into action during the horrific events in Boston on Monday.

Apr 18, 2013

Bipartisan Immigration Bill is a First Step

U.S. Senators known as the �Gang of Eight,� four Democrats and four Republicans who have been working on immigration reform, have released a bill that is a first step toward much needed reform of our broken immigration system.

Apr 18, 2013

West Virginia Supports Getting Corporate Money Out of Politics

CWA was instrumental in the West Virginia state legislature�s passing a resolution calling on Congress to adopt a constitutional amendment that will end the corrosive influence of corporate money in politics.

Apr 17, 2013

CWA: Bill Moves Immigration Debate Forward

A statement by the Communications Workers of America on the immigration reform bill introduced in the U.S. Senate.

Apr 11, 2013

Thousands Rally at the Capitol for Immigration Reform

CWA rallied with 100,000 immigrants, union members, civil rights activists, faith leaders and community advocates at the Capitol on Wednesday to tell Congress that our country needs a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.

Apr 11, 2013

Activists Expand Voting Rights in Maryland

A coalition of CWA, community and good government activists have won a big victory for voting rights in Maryland.

Apr 4, 2013

New Yorkers Push for Campaign Finance Reform

CWA Local 1103�s Joesph Mayhew is advocating that public financing of elections is vital in today�s Citizens United world.

Mar 28, 2013

Public Workers� Lobby Day in Missouri

On Wednesday, 300 Missouri state workers lobbied their legislators on a number of bills including right-to-work for less, paycheck deception and the state budget.

Mar 7, 2013

Halligan Filibuster Evidence that Senate Rules Reform Compromises Don�t Live Up to Intent

Senate Republicans� second filibuster of D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Caitlin Halligan demonstrates that the U.S. Senate needs actual rules reform, not compromise agreements that fail to live up to their stated intent.

Mar 7, 2013

CWA Endorses Barbara Buono for New Jersey Governor

Elected leaders of dozens of CWA Locals have thrown their weight behind state Sen. Barbara Buono for New Jersey governor.

Mar 7, 2013

Sign the Petition: No Back Room Trade Deals for the 1%

If lobbyists for the 1 percent get their way, the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement will allow corporations to accelerate the offshoring of jobs, intensify attacks on our rights at work and inflict even more damage to our environment.

Feb 28, 2013

Repeal the Sequester

The AFL-CIO Executive Council is calling on Congress to repeal the looming, economically destructive budget cuts known as sequestration.

Feb 28, 2013

Protect the Voting Rights Act

CWA activists joined labor and civil rights organizations in rallying outside the Supreme Court in support of the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday.

Feb 21, 2013

CWA Calls for LGBT Equality

CWA has joined civic and civil rights groups in launching Garden State Coalition for Equality, a new coalition dedicated to advocating for marriage legalization and the expansion of anti-bully initiatives in New Jersey.

Feb 15, 2013

Filibuster of Hagel Nomination Shows Why We Still Need Meaningful Senate Rules Reform

The news that Senate Republicans are planning to filibuster the nomination of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense highlights the missed opportunity for enacting more substantial Senate rules reform at the start of this 113th Congress.

Feb 14, 2013

Working Families Say �Jobs, Not Cuts!�

More than 1,500 activists flooded Capitol Hill Tuesday, rallying against deep cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Feb 14, 2013

We Need an Economy and Democracy That Works for All

Following is the statement issued by CWA on President Obama�s State of the Union Address.

Feb 7, 2013

Jobs Not Cuts!

On Feb. 12, CWA will be joining AFGE, AFSCME and workers from across the country to tell Congress to stop the attacks on working families and to start making everyone pay their fair share.

Feb 7, 2013

A Civil Right to Organize

"Our democracy is corrupted," wrote CWA President Larry Cohen in the latest issue of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council�s newsletter. "Money is not speech. Corporations are not people. Our path to change must rely on massive movement-building, uniting economic justice and democracy."

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