Human Rights

May 10, 2012

CWA Activists Work to Recall Wisconsin Gov. Walker

With less than a month until Wisconsin's recall election, CWA activists have been working around the clock to get Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office.

May 9, 2012

CWA: Rights and Liberties of the U.S. Constitution Must Apply to All

The Communications Workers of America stands with the President and those who support equality and human rights. We oppose all discrimination and recognize the direct linkage between civil and workers' rights, and the attempts to divide Americans based on these issues.

May 3, 2012

CWA Activists Join May Day Protests

CWA activists joined the Occupy Movement's big return to the national stage on Tuesday, bringing May Day's annual celebration of international workers' rights home with protests in more than 100 U.S. cities.

May 3, 2012

Standing Together for Global Workers’ Rights

CWA President Larry Cohen opened a D.C. session of the International Labor Rights Forum.

Apr 12, 2012

99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Kicks Off Teach-Ins

This week, 99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power � a large coalition of progressive organizations, from Greenpeace to Occupiers to CWA � began training 100,000 people across the country to tell the story of how America's economy collapsed and the history of non-violent direct action. These teach-ins will give participants the tools to launch their own progressive actions and campaigns for change.

Mar 29, 2012

99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Trains Activist Leaders

Occupy Wall Street-inspired activists are gearing up to lead demonstrations and resistance as part of "99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power."

Mar 22, 2012

99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Is Coming

CWA activists are headed to spring training. Next month, 2,000 CWA activists will be attending training to lead nonviolent, direct protests aimed at reigniting the enthusiasm and passion of Occupy Wall Street and Wisconsin uprisings. CWA joins more than 60 progressive groups � collectively called the 99 Percent Spring � that will be training a total of 100,000 activists at 700 trainings in 48 states.

Mar 22, 2012

Find Out More About 99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power

During CWA's union hall call on March 22, we heard reports from the National Day of Solidarity for Verizon Workers and we talked about the next step: participating in the 99 Percent Spring training program.

Mar 15, 2012

CWAers Stand Strong for Immigrant, Voting Rights in Alabama

CWA members and leaders made the week-long march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., last week, ending in a big rally on the steps of the state capitol.

Mar 8, 2012

Join with CWA Women in celebrating International Women’s Day

Women's issues in 2012 are once again dominating the headlines and political discourse in the U.S. We must never rest on our laurels or achievements - for if we do, surely there will be efforts to destroy all that we have accomplished.

Mar 8, 2012

In Alabama, Voting Rights, Civil Rights Still Under Attack

About 125 CWA members and leaders from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and other states, are a big part of this week's Selma to Montgomery, Ala., march and rally.

Feb 20, 2012

Ver.di: Delegation from Germany supports American unionists

ver.di, the German union representing 2.3 million workers, is standing strong for organizing and bargaining rights for T-Mobile USA workers.

Feb 9, 2012

Click Here: A Workers’ Roundup of the Web’s Best

Out to lunch? New Hampshire Republicans have introduced all manner of absurd bills so far this session. Now they're proposing that the state do away with the law requiring employers to give workers a lunch break.

Jan 12, 2012

On This Day, 100 Years Ago�

January 12, 1912: Ten thousand textile workers, mostly women and immigrants, walked off the job in Lawrence, MA, marking the beginning of an explosive 8-week strike. It became known as the �Bread & Roses� strike, a landmark event in American history.

Nov 17, 2011

CWAers Lead Marathon Marches in NY, DC, to Decry Corporate Greed

East Coast CWA members collectively put thousands of miles on their sneakers this week as they led multi-day marches to denounce the greed that is driving Verizon Communications and other hugely profitable corporations to destroy good jobs and, with them, America's middle class.

Nov 8, 2011

National Action Network Martin Luther King, Jr. Rally and March Keeps Dr. King’s Dream Alive

On October 15, 2011, more than 20,000 civil and human rights, labor, and economic justice advocates rallied at the National Sylvan Theater at the base of the Washington Monument to participate in the National Action Network Emancipator to the Liberator Rally and March.

Nov 3, 2011