Democracy

Mar 10, 2011

Tough Bargaining Starts This Week in New Jersey

Tough bargaining gets underway March 11 covering 40,000 CWA state workers in New Jersey. Teachers and other public workers also will be bargaining new contracts.

Mar 10, 2011

Show Us Your Favorite Rally Signs

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

AFA-CWA: GOP Trying to Turn Airline Workers’ Victory into Defeat

Embattled state workers aren't the only ones fighting for their rights today, AFA-CWA says airline workers are at risk, too, as U.S. House Republicans try to kill the National Mediation Board's new, fair and democratic rules for union elections.

Mar 10, 2011

History Proves Link Between Good, Union Jobs and Strong Communities

In a powerful speech to the Cleveland City Club last Friday, CWA District 4 Vice President Seth Rosen drew on America's history to illustrate how workers' rights are fundamentally linked to good jobs and strong communities.

Mar 3, 2011

Labor Secretary Solis Standing with Workers in Fight for Rights

With 10,000 CWA members on the line, President Larry Cohen placed a historic phone call Wednesday night to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who pledged her support for workers fighting to save their collective bargaining rights.

Mar 3, 2011

Cohen Announces Nationwide Day of Action April 4

The voice of the labor movement and its allies will roar louder than ever on April 4, the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when "it will not be business as usual at workplaces and communities across this nation," CWA President Larry Cohen said Wednesday.

Mar 3, 2011

What Can I Do Right Now?

Planning for April 4 events is essential, but there are other ways you can support the workers' rights battle immediately, no matter where you live.

Mar 3, 2011

Workers Stand Strong as Ohio Senate Guts Public Sector Bargaining

The Ohio Senate this week approved Gov. John Kasich's union-busting bill, but the 17-16 vote in the heavy Republican chamber was closer than expected before the rallies and protests that drew tens of thousands of workers to the capitol and to events across the state.

Mar 3, 2011

Third Poll Again Shows Overwhelming Support for Bargaining Rights

A third major poll on workers' rights confirms the results of two others in the past week: By a two-to-one margin, Americans support collective bargaining for public employees and oppose the kind of union-busting legislation that has sparked nationwide protests

Feb 25, 2011

Cohen: ‘This is the Dawn of a New Movement, This is an Awakening’

CWA's first-ever national "Town Hall" phone call drew more than 5,000 participants Wednesday night, as local stewards and officers discussed the high-stakes battles that their governors and legislatures are waging against unions and all working families.

Feb 25, 2011

Don’t Miss Next Week’s Town Hall Phone Call

CWA will be hosting a second nationwide phone call at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday, March 2.

Feb 25, 2011

Protests Sweep Nation; Poll Shows Americans Support Public Unions

What began in Wisconsin and Ohio is spreading like wildfire across the United States, with huge pro-worker rallies in cities nationwide and a new poll showing Americans strongly support collective bargaining rights for public employees.

Feb 25, 2011

Breaking: New Jersey Workers Headed for Trenton

Thousands of New Jersey union members and supporters are headed to the state capitol in Trenton right now, to send a message of solidarity to Wisconsin public workers and some advice to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie: stop the attacks on public workers.

Feb 25, 2011

Ohio: ‘This is Not the End of a Fight, but the Beginning of a Movement’

CWA and other union members who were demonstrating in Ohio even before the Wisconsin protests began, intensified their efforts Tuesday for the fourth hearing on the anti-union Senate Bill 5.

Feb 25, 2011

Wisconsin: Walker Rejects Workers’ Offer to Take Cuts to Save Unions

Proving that Gov. Scott Walker is using budget concerns as a cover for union-busting, leaders of state employee unions said they would accept the governor's demands for pension and health care cuts as long as he stops trying to kill collective bargaining rights.

Feb 25, 2011

Indiana: Legislature Backs Off ‘Right to Work’

Thousands of union workers are standing strong at the state house in Indianapolis, pushing back against a Republican governor and legislature that wants to weaken workers' collective bargaining rights.

Feb 25, 2011

House GOP Uses Budget Vote to Cripple NLRB, Workers’ Rights

Adding to the spate of attacks on America's workers and their unions, House Republicans have slashed funds in the current year's budget for the National Labor Relations Board, the agency that enforces private sector workers' organizing and bargaining rights.

Feb 17, 2011

Ohio Workers Crowd Hearings, Build Alliances to Fight Back

For the second week, thousands of people are jamming Ohio's statehouse to protest legislation that would wipe out collective bargaining rights for state employees, weaken other workers' rights and have a devastating ripple effect on families and communities already struggling financially.

Feb 17, 2011

House Committee Votes to Repeal Democratic Airline Elections

By just one vote, the House Transportation Committee this week voted to reinstate unfair rules for union representation elections for workers in the airline and railroad industries.

Feb 15, 2011

CWA Leaders Attend Legislative University

Earlier this week, nearly 100 CWA leaders from 26 states came to Washington, D.C. for the first-ever Legislative University. The Legislative Political Action Teams focused on sharpening their grassroots organizing skills and learning better ways to move members of Congress. On the first day of the gathering, the group heard from Rep. Donna Edwards, a Maryland Democrat elected in 2008. Edwards discussed the importance of letters and phone calls flooding into Congress, noting that members track every single communication their offices receive. Sometimes, she said, all it takes is ten phone calls to make her take a stance on an issue.

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