Oct 1, 2011
CWA Volunteers Fight Tirelessly to Overturn Ohio’s Anti-Bargaining Law It’s because of CWAers like Diane Bailey and Barb Allen that petitions to repeal an anti-bargaining rights law in Ohio had to be hauled to the secretary of state’s office in a semi-truck.
Sep 29, 2011
In a joint letter to Congress this week, CWA, AFA-CWA and a dozen other unions urged lawmakers to pass a clean, multi-year Federal Aviation Administration budget bill that brings stability to the critical agency without tying its funds to Republicans' anti-worker demands.
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 22, 2011
CWA and other unions Wednesday defeated an effort by Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from carrying out its mission to protect workers against employers' unfair labor practices.
Sep 22, 2011
After forcing a costly, job-killing FAA shutdown in July over his anti-union demands, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) is now bragging about a fat FAA grant that will improve an airport in his congressional district.
Sep 22, 2011
CWA is praising President Obama's plan to ensure that America's millionaires pay at least the same tax rate as middle-class workers.
Sep 19, 2011
CWA supports the President's plan to increase minimum tax rates for those earning more than $1 million, because "those who can afford to pay should pay."
Sep 16, 2011
Watch CWA President Larry Cohen talk about the politics of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger on 'The Communicators.'
Sep 15, 2011
Pressured by CWA's exhaustive leafleting and lobbying, U.S. House Republicans passed temporary funding to keep the FAA open, but now it's a senator who's decided to play politics with the agency.
Sep 8, 2011
President Obama makes a stand for bargaining rights and other measures to create quality jobs. CWA calls out Congress to step up and put our country above politics.
Sep 8, 2011
With next week's deadline looming to pass an FAA funding bill or risk having the agency shut down again over Republicans' anti-union demands, AFA-CWA flight attendants gathered with pilots and air traffic controllers Wednesday to pressure Congress to act before midnight Sept. 16.
Sep 1, 2011
Faced with tough questions from CWA members and other angry voters at town hall meetings and protests over the last month, some Republican lawmakers have been defiant. But there's evidence that others are listening, especially on the critical issues of protecting Medicare and Social Security.
Aug 31, 2011
In today’s sinking economy, where millions of Americans are looking for work, the DOJ has filed suit to block a merger that will create as many as 96,000 quality jobs. In the U.S., where too many Americans, especially in rural areas, don’t have access to the tools of Internet technology, the DOJ is looking to block a plan to build out high speed wireless access to 97 percent of the country should be opposed.
Aug 31, 2011
Breaking: AT&T will bring back a net 5,000 quality wireless jobs to the U.S. and commits to no job losses for call center workers at AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA.
Aug 25, 2011
Outside a deli called "Grandma's" in Duluth, Minn., this week, chanting demonstrators — including some angry grandmas — shamed a GOP congressman who was charging people to attend his so-called town hall meeting inside.
Aug 25, 2011
Following revelations that Colombia may have misused U.S. government aid to probe and undermine the activities of labor leaders and union activists, CWA President Larry Cohen and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard are calling on the House Select Intelligence Committee to investigate the matter.
Aug 25, 2011
As a Sept. 16 funding deadline nears, CWA activists are mounting an all-out campaign to prevent anti-union Republicans from forcing another senseless shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
Aug 25, 2011
A daylong "Stand Up for Ohio" festival on Saturday drew thousands of families to the fairgrounds in Columbus for music, speeches and bonding over shared goals to restore workers' rights and rebuild the state's middle class.
Aug 18, 2011
Thanks to tremendous get-out-the-vote efforts by CWAers and working families in Wisconsin, every Democratic senator was reelected in the series of recall elections prompted by Gov. Scott Walker's efforts, with Republicans, to strip workers of their bargaining rights.
Aug 11, 2011
So far in August, hundreds of CWA activists have taken part in more than 50 separate "Accountability Actions" aimed at holding members of Congress accountable for their votes on workers' rights and preserving the middle-class.
