Mar 25, 2013
NABET-CWA and ABC-TV Reach Tentative Agreement on Four-Year Deal
NABET-CWA reaches a tentative, four-year agreement with ABC covering about 2,500 employees.
Mar 25, 2013
CWA Members at AT&T West Reject Contract by Wide Margin, Negotiations to Resume Monday
CWA members at AT&T West voted to reject their tentative agreement by a wide margin and to support a strike if necessary. But after weekend meetings CWA elected local leaders authorized Vice President Weitkamp and the bargaining committee to return to negotiations beginning Monday.
Mar 25, 2013
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Reform H-1B and L-1 Visa Program
Legislation was introduced last week in the Senate to reform the H-1B and L-1 visa program by building in real safeguards for U.S. workers and ensuring that workers are paid the same wages for the same work.
Mar 23, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
Janice and Melissa: Inspiring Commitment
EGPAF
Recently, Ambassador Janice McCall sat down with her mom, Melissa, to share their own unique stories of living with HIV. In candid letters to their younger selves, Janice and Melissa wrote of the terror and desperation they felt in the first days, and even years, after their diagnoses.
Mar 22, 2013
Even In Our Midst: Drawing Parallels Between Rural Africa and Upstate New York
EGPAF
On February 26, 2013, EGPAF's Senior Director of Country Management and Support, Dr. Stephen Lee delivered a lecture on the challenges involved in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in rural settings to more than 150 students at State University of New York (SUNY) Potsdam.
Mar 22, 2013
CWA Members at AT&T West Vote Down Contract
CWA members at AT&T West voted down a tentative contract yesterday.
Mar 21, 2013
Cablevision 22 Get Rehired, But the Fight for Workers’ Rights Continues
Community and political pressure has convinced Cablevision-Optimum to rehire the 22 workers it illegally locked out and fired seven weeks ago. But not are all workers are so fortunate. Many are still out of work, fighting the unfair labor practices of unscrupulous employers because they no longer have the protections of the National Labor Relations Board.
Mar 21, 2013
Community, Political Pressure Force Cablevision-Optimum to Rehire Illegally Fired Workers
A strong support campaign by community leaders and NYC elected officials convinced Cablevision-Optimum to rehire the 22 workers it illegally locked out and fired seven weeks ago.
Mar 21, 2013
Airline Passengers Support ‘No Knives on Planes’
Today the Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing 90,000 Flight Attendants, leafleted airports around the country to directly enlist passengers in the fight to keep knives out of the aircraft cabin.
Mar 21, 2013
Tom Perez is an ‘Inspired Choice’ to Lead Labor Department
President Barack Obama’s nomination of Tom Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor is an inspired choice who will lend a strong voice to the rights of working men and women in the United States.
Mar 21, 2013
70 Members Win CWA/NETT Scholarships
The CWA/NETT Academy Scholarship Program has awarded 70 scholarships for members to take online training courses.
Mar 21, 2013
New Jersey Legislature Wants Say in Gov. Christie’s Lotto Privatization
The New Jersey state legislature is sending Republican Gov. Chris Christie a bill that would require legislative approval for his lotto privatization plans.
Mar 21, 2013
Activists Rally Against Patriot Coal’s Retiree Health Care Cuts
Members of CWA Locals 6300 and 6316 joined 2,000 protesters on Tuesday, calling on Patriot Coal to live up to its obligations to pay retiree health care costs.
Mar 21, 2013
Community, Political Pressure Force Cablevision-Optimum to Rehire 22 Illegally Fired Workers
A strong support campaign by community leaders and NYC elected officials convinced Cablevision-Optimum to rehire the 22 workers it illegally locked out and fired seven weeks ago.
Mar 20, 2013
Global Champions of a Mother’s Fight Awards
On February 20, 2013 the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation held a Global Champions of a Mother’s Fight Awards Dinner. The Foundation has been CWA’s Charity of Choice for over 20 years and Locals have donated more than $7 million to the Foundation.
Mar 20, 2013
Wow, Amazing Job!!
CWA Locals did an incredible job this year of fundraising for our Charity of Choice, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (EGPAF). In 2012 you raised $277,010.36, an almost $25,000 increase over 2011, and a couple hundred dollars shy of what we was raised in 2010 when we had 57,000 more members. I couldn’t be prouder of the work you did.
Mar 18, 2013
CWA Statement on the Nomination of Tom Perez as Labor Secretary
President Obama’s nomination of Tom Perez to lead the U.S. Department of Labor is an inspired choice who will lend a strong voice to the rights of working men and women in the United States.
