Jun 3, 2010

DOL Rule Tells Federal Contractors: Make Sure Workers Know Their Rights

In stark contrast to the Bush years, federal contractors and subcontractors must now post notices alerting workers to their rights under the National Labor Relations Act, including their right to join a union.

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May 27, 2010

Check Out these New ‘Ready for the Future’ Proposals!

As a result of feedback and comments from CWA locals and members, we have made some changes to the most recent Ready for the Future proposals that will be considered by delegates at the 2010 CWA Convention.

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May 27, 2010

Fighting Cruel Budget Cuts, 35,000 Turn Out for Massive NJ Rally

In the largest rally in New Jersey history, thousands of CWA members and some 35,000 activists in all jammed the state capitol grounds in Trenton to denounce the Governor's budget that will devastate vital services but give millionaires more tax breaks.

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May 27, 2010

Workers Join CWA in Record Time and at Record Pace

Just a few weeks after 309 workers at AT&T Mobility in Indiana won CWA representation, more than two-thirds have signed up as members and nearly half have joined CWA-COPE.

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May 27, 2010

NABET-CWA Warns Against Giant TV Broadcasting Alliances

At a field hearing on media ownership in Palo Alto, Calif., NABET-CWA President Jim Joyce urged the FCC to regulate the newest forms of consolidation of TV stations that are costing hundreds of TV station workers their jobs and result in fewer voices covering the news.

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May 27, 2010

CWA: Keep the Joint Strike Fighter Engine Program

CWA and IUE-CWA members are contacting their U.S. Representatives in Congress to keep the F-136 Alternative Engine Program for the Joint Strike Fighter.

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May 21, 2010

CWA Members Help Push Arkansas Senate Race to Run-Off

CWAers in Arkansas worked hard on the Senate primary election and helped push that race to a run-off election between Lt. Governor Bill Halter and incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln, set for June 8.

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May 21, 2010

Thousands March on Washington’s K Street as Financial Reform Fight Continues

Pouring rain didn't stop CWA members or 3,000 other union and community activists who turned out for the "Showdown on K Street," a giant rally and march in the heart of Washington's lobbying and banking district.

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May 18, 2010

CWA Members Help Push Arkansas Senate Race to Run-Off

CWA members in Arkansas are excited about the Bill Halter campaign. Run-off set for June 8!

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May 14, 2010

CWA Reviewing Options as WVA PSC Announces Split Decision on Verizon-Frontier Deal

CWA is exploring all options after the West Virginia PSC approved the Verizon-Frontier deal, in a split decision.

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May 13, 2010

NMB Brings ‘Majority Vote’ Rule to Airline Union Elections

The National Mediation Board issued a new rule for union representation elections in the airline and railroad industries that finally adopts the majority determination rule that is the standard for elections in the United States.

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May 13, 2010

CWA Activists Ready to Build a Strong Political Movement

Local union officers and activists who will lead CWA's electoral work in 2010 met for two days of training and brainstorming to get geared up for the elections.

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May 6, 2010

NY State Senate Hearing Calls Out Xerox/ACS on EZ Pass Fight

E-Z Pass call center workers in Staten Island, N.Y., are getting growing support from New York State elected and public officials in their fight for a fair contact.

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May 6, 2010

Protecting Workers’ Rights, Broadband Key to Green Jobs Being “Good Jobs”

Protecting workers’ rights and building out high-speed broadband to every community will spur the economic growth our country needs and create quality, union, green jobs, CWA President Larry Cohen told participants at the Good Jobs Green Jobs Conference.

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May 6, 2010

Sierra Club, CWA Join Forces on Broadband Build-Out

In a win-win-win proposition for workers, consumers and the environment, CWA and the Sierra Club are working together to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed broadband networks.

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Apr 29, 2010

Arkansas Chamber Ads Say it All: Big Business Wants Sen. Lincoln Re-Elected

Nothing scares Big Business as much as a pro-worker elected official. Which explains why the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce is desperately trying to keep Lt. Governor and Democrat Bill Halter out of the U.S. Senate.

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Apr 29, 2010

CWA Proposes ‘Middle Ground’ to Protect an Open Internet, Promote Jobs

CWA mapped out a middle course for the Federal Communications Commission to follow in crafting rules to protect an open and free Internet.

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