Mar 31, 2011
Ohio House Republicans voted Wednesday night to kill collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers, but the fight is far from over as unions and their allies prepare to put the issue on the state ballot in November.
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Mar 31, 2011
The 39 Indiana House Democrats who left the state Feb. 22 to prevent Republicans from ramming through their anti-worker agenda are returning this week after the GOP agreed to drop its "right-to-work" bill and made other concessions.
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Mar 31, 2011
More than 10,000 people, including a large and spirited CWA contingent, marched through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to fight for good jobs in their communities and stand with embattled workers across the country.
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Mar 31, 2011
A CWA member is featured in a new TV ad with other Wisconsin workers who are gathering signatures to recall their state's union-busting senators.
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Mar 31, 2011
The nearly 3-1 Republican majority in the Florida House has passed a bill banning payroll dues deduction for public sector unions, but a labor alliance is working hard to stop it and other union-busting legislation in the state Senate.
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Mar 31, 2011
Lobby Day in Missouri drew 400 CWA members to the Missouri state capitol on Wednesday for meetings with lawmakers and their staffs about vital workers' rights and working-family issues.
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Mar 31, 2011
By ordering the removal of a mural depicting the state's labor history, Maine Gov. Paul LePage has jumped head first into the competition among Republican governors to determine who's the most anti-union of them all.
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Mar 28, 2011
Fighting to save British jobs and vital services from drastic budget cuts, a half-million people marched Saturday in London in what is believed to be the country's largest union-organized event in more than 20 years.
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Mar 24, 2011
What are you doing for the National Day of Action on April 4?
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Mar 24, 2011
A look at what has been going on in the state fights to keep workers' rights.
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Mar 18, 2011
Temporary restraining order puts anti-bargaining law on hold.
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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.
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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.
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Mar 17, 2011
Fighting for good jobs and strong communities, CWA members and thousands of allies turned out in pouring rain across Ohio on Tuesday to condemn attacks on public workers' collective bargaining rights and Gov. John Kasich's deep budget cuts targeting schools, cities and essential services.
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Mar 17, 2011
The assault on workers' rights in Wisconsin is backfiring in more ways than one on Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers, between recalls, sinking poll numbers and small business owners siding with workers.
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Mar 17, 2011
Truth be told, it's almost impossible to narrow down the hundreds of clever, creative signs being used in the state battles to just two or three. But we're going to do it each week, and we want your help.
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Mar 17, 2011
It's not just Wisconsin and Ohio where workers are fighting to save collective bargaining rights, their voice at work and democracy itself.
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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.
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Mar 10, 2011
Wisconsin Senate Republicans used a "nuclear option" Wednesday night to destroy their state workers' bargaining rights, violating the state's open meetings law and defying the vast majority of voters who polls show support collective bargaining for public employees. The state Assembly passed the bill Thursday.
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Mar 10, 2011
CWA and its allies in Ohio will rally throughout the state on Tuesday, as the Ohio House prepares to vote on the bill the Senate passed last week that strips public workers of their bargaining rights and other job protections.
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