Dec 7, 2012

One Year Later: American Airlines Agents are Voting on Union Representation

American Airlines passenger service agents today are exercising their democratic right to vote on union representation, one year after the CWA petitioned the National Mediation Board for the election on behalf of agents.

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Dec 6, 2012

President Cohen: Fix the Dysfunctional Senate

CWA President Larry Cohen appeared on NewsTalk, a Washington, D.C., public affairs television show, on Tuesday to discuss how the Senate filibuster is undermining democracy.

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Dec 6, 2012

American Airlines Agents Vote!

After a year of delays, nearly 9,700 American Airlines passenger service agents finally began voting this week in their first union representation election.

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Dec 6, 2012

CWAers to Demonstrate on Dec. 10 for Fair ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Solution

CWA members are joining candlelight vigils outside congressional offices, rallies, town hall meetings and many other actions on Dec. 10, International Human Rights day, part of a nationwide campaign to make sure that the solution to our country’s fiscal crisis makes the wealthy pay their fair share and doesn’t cut benefits that working families depend on.

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Nov 29, 2012

CWA, Progressive Allies Relaunch Filibuster Reform Coalition

CWA and its progressive allies are reuniting an advocacy coalition to build support for substantive Senate rules reforms at the start of the 113th Congress.

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Nov 29, 2012

American Airlines Fails to Block Agents’ Right to Vote

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – one of the most “business friendly” justices – has cleared the way for nearly 9,700 American Airlines passenger service agents to vote on union representation.

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Nov 29, 2012

Stamp Out Money in Politics

The website www.StampStampede.org is part of the movement to amend the Constitution to get money out of politics and to make it clear that corporations are not people and money isn’t speech.

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Nov 21, 2012

Der Spiegel: Employees at T-Mobile Face ‘Brutal Psychological Terror’

The German weekly newsmagazine Der Spiegel is out with an expose on the appalling working conditions at T-Mobile USA, detailing the "brutal psychological terror" faced by workers.

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Nov 21, 2012

Study: Filibuster Abuse Paralyzes Senate

The overuse and misuse of the filibuster is crippling Congress, according to a new study from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

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Nov 8, 2012

End Washington Gridlock Through Senate Rules Reform

It’s going to be a new day in the Senate.

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Nov 6, 2012

CWA President Larry Cohen on Election Results

Elections are about choices, and Americans made a clear choice in re-electing President Obama.

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Nov 2, 2012

With Public Financing of Elections, DC Can Set Standard for Campaign Reform

The Communications Workers of America, along with the Metropolitan DC AFL-CIO and other organizations, strongly supports the “Public Financing of Elections Act of 2012,” a measure that would provide for public financing of Washington, D.C. elected offices.

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Nov 1, 2012

Election 2012: CWAers Around the Nation

CWAers join other activists to rally around the U.S.

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Oct 25, 2012

Elections Are About Choices

CWA members and staff involved in election campaigns nationwide.

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Oct 25, 2012

CWA’s Cohen on The Ed Show

It was all about Ohio when CWA President Larry Cohen and Teamsters President James Hoffa joined the Ed Show on MSNBC last night.

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Oct 18, 2012

Elections Are About Choices

CWA activists have leafleted over 700 worksites with election materials.

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Oct 18, 2012

Countdown to November 6

CWA Districts 3, 4, and 9 get ready for the November 6 elections.

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Oct 11, 2012

Virginia Political Activists Leaflet Verizon Call Centers

CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney joined activists in leafleting the 600 CWAers who work at two Verizon customer service centers outside Richmond, Va., on Oct. 10.

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Oct 11, 2012

CWA Targets GOP House Candidates On Outsourcing

CWA releases ads targeting two Republican House candidates for not supporting union-backed legislation to penalize companies that off-shore call center jobs.

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Oct 11, 2012

CWA Votes

Elections are about choices.

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