Aug 9, 2012
Stand Up to Verizon
Tens of thousands of workers will unite this Saturday in Philadelphia — the birthplace of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — to demand economic freedom and opportunity for all.
Aug 9, 2012
By The Numbers: America Airline’s Anti-Democratic Attack on Workers
As American Airlines continues to do everything it can to deny passenger service agents a voice in the workplace, CWA highlighted a few numbers that help to put the airline’s actions into perspective.
Jul 26, 2012
Workers Stand for America Rally
Tens of thousands of workers will unite next month in Philadelphia — the birthplace of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — to demand economic freedom and opportunity for all.
Jul 19, 2012
CWA: Bringing Home Quality Jobs is ‘Win for Everyone’
CWA members who are US Airways reservations agents in Winston-Salem, N.C., joined a Capitol Hill news conference that focused on companies that “insource” good jobs and called for action to stop the offshoring of U.S. work.
Jul 19, 2012
Add Your Name to America’s Second Bill of Rights
Tens of thousands of workers will unite on Aug. 11 in Philadelphia — the birthplace of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights — to demand economic freedom and opportunity for all.
Jul 5, 2012
CWA Activists Challenge Secret TPP Trade Deal
CWA activists were part of a big crowd that stood up to Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators this week, demanding more transparency and openness in what could be the biggest free trade agreement in the world.
Jun 28, 2012
Judge’s Decision a ‘Travesty’ for American Airlines Agents
CWA Statement: The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Terry Means is a disgrace and a travesty of justice for 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines.
Jun 28, 2012
Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Corporate Money in Politics
This week’s 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Citizens United decision, declaring that the state of Montana cannot restrict unlimited spending by corporations and other groups in elections.
Jun 25, 2012
CWA: Supreme Court Misses Opportunity to Address Corrupting Influence of Corporate Money in Politics
Today’s 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the right of the state of Montana to restrict the unlimited spending by corporations and other groups in political campaigns will only continue and extend the corrupting influence of corporate money in politics.
Jun 21, 2012
Join our Union Hall Call Tonight!
There’s a lot to talk about on tonight’s CWA Telephone Town Hall. CWA activists from around the country will report on the battle in Wisconsin; organizing at General Electric in Burlington, IA; bBargaining and mobilization at AT&T; the June 22 Day of Action in support of Verizon and Verizon Wireless workers and the election 2012 kickoff in New York State.
Jun 21, 2012
American Agents Rally at District Court for the Right to Vote
American Airlines agents and supporters rallied today outside the U.S. District Court in Ft. Worth, Tex., then went inside where Judge Terry Means was hearing American Airlines’ case for a preliminary injunction that would further stop the 10,000 agents from their exercising democratic right to vote.
Jun 7, 2012
CWA: We Can’t Allow the 1 Percent to Set our Public and Economic Policy
In the Wisconsin recall election, Democrats gained control of the state senate for the first time since Republican Gov. Scott Walker took office. Though voters failed to recall the governor himself, there’s now a firewall to block his divisive, anti-worker agenda.
Jun 7, 2012
A Petition to Make Labor Organizing a Civil Right
Should labor organizing be a civil right? The authors of a book answering that very question — “Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right: Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing Worker Voice” – are now petitioning the Democratic Party to make it a platform issue.
Jun 6, 2012
Wisconsin Recall: We Can’t Allow the 1 Percent to Set our Public and Economic Policy
We've heard a lot of back and forth about what the Wisconsin vote means. It's clear to us at the Communications Workers of America that it means that the 1 percent can reach into just about every aspect of our political lives.
Jun 6, 2012
Momentum Builds Against American Airlines’ Un-American Scheme to Subvert U.S. Labor Law
CWA is gearing up its efforts to document how American Airlines is denying its employees their legal right to vote for union representation.
May 31, 2012
Cohen: How We Get Our Democracy Back
CWA President Larry Cohen talks about taking back our democracy at the National People’s Action conference.
May 31, 2012
Cohen Calls for Defense of Democracy
To fix America’s jobs crisis, there first must be a mass political movement to restore democracy, CWA President Larry Cohen said last week.
May 31, 2012
D2-13 Legislative Team Helps Win Protections Against Offshoring
CWA’s Maryland Legislative-Political Action Team and a strong coalition helped win new protections against the offshoring of jobs in the state.
May 24, 2012
Shareholder Spring Keeps Going! Activists Protest Windstream
About 75 CWA activists demonstrated at the Windstream annual meeting in Little Rock, Ark., then joined an Occupy Little Rock action to protest the city government’s plan to displace communities of senior citizens to build a Technology Park.
May 24, 2012
CWA: Frontier Should Put Resources into Customer Services, Not Executive Salaries
About 60 CWA activists from Frontier Communications were on hand for the company’s shareholder meeting in Stamford, Conn., raising objections to the telecom’s demands for big concessions and sacrifices from workers while top executive compensation is soaring.
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