Apr 8, 2010
After getting the public behind them and beating back the worst of management demands, NABET-CWA members at National Public Radio overwhelmingly approved a five-year contract that raises wages, preserves job security and restores the union's voice in a benefits task force.
Mar 4, 2010
About 5,500 union members, leaders and supporters rallied in Evansville, Ind., to fight to keep the Whirlpool plant there open.
Mar 4, 2010
A month of solid campaigning by CWA members in New Mexico and an intense get-out-the-vote effort Tuesday gave a former CWA local president a decisive second term win as Santa Fe's mayor.
Feb 18, 2010
In a campaign that has won support of New York state lawmakers, activists and unions, and Spanish-language organizations, EZ Pass workers in Staten Island, members of CWA Local 1102, are refusing to handle Spanish-language calls because they are paid less than co-workers who handle calls in English.
Feb 18, 2010
TNG-CWA Local 31003 filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board over Thomson Reuters Corp.'s illegal and unilateral pay cuts that drastically cut the compensation of journalists, technicians and other employees by 10 percent.
Feb 4, 2010
IUE-CWA members are ramping up their "Shame on Whirlpool" campaign, urging the company not to carry out plans to close its Evansville, Ind., refrigerator plant and move their jobs to Mexico.
Jan 21, 2010
Organized labor has been a leader in helping workers gain college degrees and the latest in career training through affordable online degree programs. The AFL-CIO and the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md., are expanding educational opportunities for working families through a new partnership with the Princeton Review and its Penn Foster Education Group.
Jan 14, 2010
Members of Local 2222 braved cold weather this week for an early morning protest against Verizon's plan to cut 1,000 jobs in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
Jan 7, 2010
CWA and CWA/NETT have been awarded a $4 million training grant to help dislocated workers train for clean, green energy and manufacturing jobs. Less than 15 percent of grant proposals submitted were selected to receive a grant; CWA was awarded one of just 25 grants total. The grants are funded by the Obama administration's economic stimulus program.
Jan 7, 2010
CWA joined members of Congress and other allies today in a media teleconference to outline concerns about the proposed Verizon-Frontier merger and discuss ways to eliminate a tax loophole that allows Verizon and other companies to sell assets tax-free to smaller companies that end up burdened by debt.
Nov 3, 2009
Critical chemical security legislation was just voted out of the House Energy and Commerce Committee without weakening amendments! Now the legislation is on its way to the full House for a vote and we need to keep that great momentum going and moving forward!
