Apr 7, 2011
Bowing to airline executives angry about new democratic rules for union elections, the U.S. House defeated a bipartisan amendment last week intended to preserve the important changes the National Mediation Board made last year.
Apr 5, 2011
CWA's Human Rights Department presents the 2011 report on CWA Local Union Civil Rights and Equity Committees and Women's Committees
Mar 31, 2011
Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, joined CWA's third virtual town hall meeting Tuesday night, building excitement for the nationwide events on Monday, April 4, and the ongoing battle for workers' rights.
Mar 31, 2011
Across our country on April 4, working people and allies from the civil rights movement, the religious community, student groups and many more are standing together for the rights of all workers to bargain for a middle-class life, our right to a voice in the political process and the respect that all people deserve.
Mar 22, 2011
The CWA National Committee on Civil Rights and Equity and National Women’s Committee Urge You to Take Action Now!
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.
Mar 10, 2011
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
At least 45 organizations so far have joined Pride@Work in signing a solidarity statement supporting workers in Wisconsin, Ohio and more than 30 other states where Republican lawmakers are trying to pass union-busting legislation.
Mar 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011, marked the 46th anniversary of the incident most often referred to in American civil rights history as ”Bloody Sunday.” This illustrative phrase reflects the consequence of vicious attacks perpetrated against peaceful civil rights activists once they crossed the Edmond Pettus Bridge during the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, that fateful Sunday. However, the event itself, more importantly, underscores what led to significant changes in the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States embodied in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The bill summary defines its purpose as, “An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.”
This historic event was marked this week by a high profile political reenactment of that march. The 2011 march was again led by United States Representative John Lewis of Georgia (the principal organizer of the 1965 march), U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV), U.S. House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (MD), U.S. House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (SC), U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), along with the Reverend Jesse Jackson to name a few. The commemoration was joined by Republican Governor of the state of Alabama Robert Bentley.
Mar 8, 2011
Click to read about important dates for women in the United States in the month of March, Women's History Month.
Mar 3, 2011
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
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.
Feb 22, 2011
The CWA Human Rights Department takes pride in honoring and sharing the diversity that comprises our union and in particular our nation. This Diversity Calendar of Events is presented as a helpful reminder as you consider creating Human Rights programs in your local and in your District.
Feb 17, 2011
In a show of outrage and solidarity, CWA members joined other unions Wednesday to protest Mexico's violations of workers' rights.
Feb 10, 2011
A NABET-CWA member is credited with saving the lives of his ABC news team after they were carjacked and threatened with beheading, one of more than 100 violent attacks on journalists covering the events in Egypt.
Feb 10, 2011
Workers' use of Facebook to discuss or complain about work-related issues has been defended by Region 34 of the National Labor Relations Board as "protected concerted activity" in a complaint it settled this week with an employer.
Feb 3, 2011
Click to read about important dates for women in the United States in the month of February.
Jan 28, 2011
On Thursday January 27, 2011, the Congressional Black Caucus met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Institute 21st Century Council to hold its first Conversation Series Roundtable Discussion of 2011.
Jan 10, 2011
President Obama has asked us all to pause today at 11 AM EST and reflect, each of us in our own way, on how we build unity in our country during these difficult times.
Nov 12, 2010
Do you know about the "It Gets Better Project?" It's a national campaign encouraging Americans to speak out against hate and intolerance with the message that everyone deserves to be respected for who they are.
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