Jul 7, 2011
With just days to go until Wisconsin's first round of recall elections, CWA members and thousands of other volunteers are using every available moment to make phone calls and knock on doors.
Jun 30, 2011
They called it the "Million Signature March," but 1.3 million would be more accurate. The final, stunning number of petition signatures that a lively parade of Ohioans delivered Wednesday to their secretary of state's office was, to be precise, 1,298,301.
Jun 30, 2011
CWA locals statewide and the entire union movement are united in plans to protect collective bargaining, negotiate a fair state contract, and save workers' jobs while protecting and maintaining critical services in the state.
Jun 30, 2011
Putting aside any rivalries, NABET-CWA members working at competing broadcast TV news stations in Chicago marched in solidarity last week to demand fair contracts from three media giants.
Jun 24, 2011
Negotiations got underway Wednesday with Verizon Communications covering about 35,000 CWA members from Virginia to New England, and another 10,000 members of the IBEW.
Jun 17, 2011
About 10,000 CWAers and union activists from New Jersey filled the streets Thursday outside the state capitol in Trenton to protest a deal between Gov. Chris Christie and some legislators that would take away the right of public workers to bargain over health care and pensions.
Jun 17, 2011
With major bargaining fights underway and the ongoing battles to protect workers' rights at the state level, summer is going to be hotter than ever for the labor movement, CWA President Larry Cohen told thousands of activists on Thursday night's "virtual town hall" conference call.
Jun 17, 2011
Wisconsin workers aren't down or out, despite the blow their state's Supreme Court dealt this week as it gave Gov. Scott Walker a green light to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Jun 2, 2011
For two days throughout New Jersey this week, thousands of CWAers rallied against brutal and unfair health care cuts, and to preserve their right to bargain over health care, pensions and other benefits.
Jun 2, 2011
Republican lawmakers broke Wisconsin's open meetings law when they rushed to pass a bill stripping public workers of their collective bargaining rights, a judge ruled last week.
Jun 2, 2011
For much of May, TNG-CWA members in Seattle and journalists around the world feared for the safety of reporter Dorothy Parvaz, who disappeared April 29 after flying to Syria to cover the latest Arab Spring uprising.
May 26, 2011
The Republican agenda to kill Medicare, trample workers' rights and cut millionaires' taxes at the expense of everyone else took a well-earned beating in upstate New York on Tuesday, as a Democrat comfortably won the special election for a U.S. House seat the GOP has held for generations.
May 26, 2011
On Capitol Hill this week, CWA President Larry Cohen met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and Democratic members of the California delegation on how the AT&T/T-Mobile merger will benefit workers and consumers.
May 26, 2011
In their high-energy campaign to overturn Ohio's new law stripping collective bargaining rights from public workers, broad coalitions of union members and diverse allies have gathered more than 214,000 petition signatures in just a month.
May 12, 2011
Emphasizing the accelerated growth of high-speed broadband and other benefits for consumers and workers, CWA President Larry Cohen testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill in support of the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile.
May 12, 2011
A diverse crowd of fed-up Ohioans rallied at the statehouse May 5 to further their campaign to overturn the new law eliminating collective bargaining rights for public workers, and to fight other legislative and budget attacks that are targeting everyone but the rich.
May 12, 2011
Despite Republican super-majorities in the Florida Legislature, a tireless coalition of workers helped keep two union-busting bills from being passed before lawmakers adjourned in the wee hours Saturday.
May 12, 2011
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch vetoed a so-called "right-to-work" bill Wednesday, saying there's no valid economic argument or other justification for the anti-union legislation.
Apr 28, 2011
CWA will hold another national stewards call, our fourth "virtual union meeting," on Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. EDT. It's a good way for CWA activists to move forward together on next steps.
Apr 28, 2011
Ohio's rapidly growing "Good Jobs, Strong Communities" coalition is planning a massive rally at the state capitol next Thursday, May 5, to address the broad array of legislative assaults hurting workers and working families.
