Oct 1, 2011
Young Verizon Worker Embraces Her New Union
Timothy Staples — her first name comes from a flowering grass — never had a union at work until she got a job last February at a Verizon call center in Salisbury, Md.
Oct 1, 2011
Standing with Verizon/Verizon Wireless Workers an Education for Kids and Grown-Ups
Kathy Hayes works for AT&T Mobility in Champaign, Ill., and Stan Wylie works for CenturyLink in Seattle, but it would be easy to mistake them lately for Verizon/Verizon Wireless workers.
Oct 1, 2011
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and every other politician who spent 2011 beating up on public workers and slashing the services they provide should be forced to talk directly to people like Ellen Vidal.
A teacher turned social worker, Local 1088’s Vidal assists mentally and physically disabled adults, then heads home to care for two adopted children who’ve had severe medical issues of their own. So has Vidal, who endured numerous surgeries after a bad root canal. For the better part of two years, she hung a bag of IV antibiotics from her blinds at work so she could infuse herself every four hours.
Oct 1, 2011
Trading lazy summer days for the chance to make a difference, CWA activists turned up the heat on lawmakers at “August Accountability” events from coast to coast.
Together with allies, they packed town hall meetings, protested outside politicians’ district offices, leafleted at airports, wrote letters and made phone calls throughout August and early September. And now they’re ready for more.
Oct 1, 2011
CWA Activists Win FAA Reauthorization and Keep Democratic Union Election Standard
Weeks of activism by CWA and AFA-CWA members across the country stopped House Republicans from forcing a second shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Sep 26, 2011
Leaders from 14 labor unions sent a letter to Congress urging members of both parties to complete a multi-year FAA Reauthorization bill, the Communications Workers of America announced today.
Sep 15, 2011
Addressing Congress last Thursday, President Obama laid out a comprehensive bill for job creation and stressed his support for collective bargaining.
Sep 8, 2011
For 18 NABET-CWA members at Univision's affiliate in Los Angeles, CWA/NETT training meant they didn't have to sweat the transition when the latest equipment in the ever-changing world of video technology arrived at their station.
Sep 8, 2011
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is speaking out about the link between declining union membership and the erosion of America's middle class.
Sep 2, 2011
For working families, this Labor Day brings a continued free fall from the middle class standard of living that American workers once enjoyed.
Jul 28, 2011
Kicking off an action-packed month in the battles to protect workers and retirees, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will join CWA by phone for a virtual town hall meeting next Thursday, Aug. 4.
Jul 7, 2011
Revved up by a high-energy workshop last month, Texas CWA and Sierra Club members learned how much they have in common, and how to put their shared principles to work in the fight for good jobs and a clean, safe environment.
Jun 30, 2011
The Blue Green Alliance (BGA) in coordination with its members, the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has released an updated version of its landmark 2010 report “Networking the Green Economy,” urging policy makers to create an environment that allows for long term public and private investment in high-speed broadband to build more sustainable communities in rural and urban America.
Jun 30, 2011
CWA Local 3010 members at two subcontractors for the Puerto Rico Telephone Company have ratified strong three-year contracts that include improved grievance and arbitration procedures, new bonuses and more leave time.
Jun 20, 2011
Final FCC Comment Filing Deadline Offers Opportunity to Review Positives of Proposed ATT-TMO Merger, Including Expanding Broadband Access and Benefits to Consumers and Workers
Jun 17, 2011
A nationwide group of small businesses, executives and investors is imploring Congress to end corporate tax holidays and loopholes and retire the farce that trickle-down economic policies create jobs.
May 31, 2011
CWA told the Federal Communications Commission today that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger will create quality jobs and accelerate critically needed broadband buildout.
May 26, 2011
As nationwide bargaining began this week for a new GE contract, IUE-CWA members and their negotiating team put management on notice that they expect employees to share in the company's increased profitability and performance.
May 26, 2011
On Capitol Hill this week, CWA President Larry Cohen met with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute and Democratic members of the California delegation on how the AT&T/T-Mobile merger will benefit workers and consumers.
May 26, 2011
Despite heavy rain, NABET-CWA members in New York City rallied with enthusiasm last week outside star-studded NBC and ABC presentations that gave advertisers their first look at the networks' fall TV shows.
