Dec 2, 2010
CWAers nationwide are working hard to push the U.S. Senate to act on a measure giving public safety officers collective bargaining rights. Hundreds of phone calls and handwritten letters have been sent to Senators, pressing for a vote on the bill.
Dec 2, 2010
CWA President Larry Cohen and leaders from labor, public policy, and other progressive groups are calling on the Obama Administration and Congress to focus on jobs and programs that support economic growth, not one-dimensional deficit reduction proposals that will actually hurt job creation.
Dec 1, 2010
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski proposes a framework that will sustain its open Internet principles and move the United States forward in terms of investment and quality jobs.
Nov 23, 2010
The Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs’ Social Security proposals are an equal opportunity disaster. So soon after an angry electorate has expressed its frustration with a Washington political class that does not appear to be listening, it totally ignores the will of the people. Poll after poll has shown that Democrats, Republicans, and Independents reject the punitive cuts in America’s economic security that the co-chairs have proposed. Read more to find out the top ten problems with their proposals.
Nov 18, 2010
Senate Republicans used the filibuster to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act that would have made sure that laws requiring equal pay for women are enforced and would have helped women in their claims for pay fairness.
Nov 18, 2010
CWAers from Locals 2222, 2336 and headquarters leafleted outside U.S. Senate office buildings this week as Senators and staff returned for a post-election legislative session.
Nov 18, 2010
Some Republican members of Congress are playing hardball with the emergency unemployment benefits of 5 million jobless Americans, looking to force through a tax cut for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans in exchange for not letting the benefits run out.
Nov 18, 2010
With Congress back for a post election legislative session, CWA is geared up to move Senators and Representatives forward on our key issues.
Nov 16, 2010
CWAers leafleted outside Senate office buildings calling for needed reform to Senate procedural rules.
Nov 10, 2010
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is the only international human rights treaty to focus exclusively on the rights of women. To date, it has only been ratified 186 of 193 countries worldwide. Sadly missing, like Iran, Somalia and Sudan, is the United States. The treaty protects fundamental rights, addressing violence against women, the right to vote, sex trafficking, and access to education among other important issues to women.
Nov 4, 2010
CWA: Congress Needs to Get to Work Now on Jobs, Help for Hurting Americans The results of the midterm elections don’t change the tough times facing millions of middle class and working Americans who are struggling with joblessness and how to take care of their families. CWA challenges Congress to get to work now to help build an economy that works for everyone. We don’t need a government that believes ‘we’re all on our own.’ We do need real efforts to help create quality, sustainable jobs in the U.S. and to build a government that supports its citizens.
Nov 4, 2010
CWA’s political program for Election 2010 was focused on member education and one-on-one contacts. In 29 states, more than 500 CWA local union coordinators were on the ground, mobilizing thousands of volunteers from locals for events like leafleting, phone banks and neighborhood walks. Here’s a look at what CWA activists did:
Nov 3, 2010
CWA challenges Congress to get to work now to help build an economy that works for everyone.
Oct 28, 2010
With so much at stake for working families on Nov. 2, CWAers aren’t wasting a minute in the final days leading to Election 2010. Here’s some of what’s happening around the country:
Oct 28, 2010
Did you catch President Obama on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Stewart asked if “government still has the ability to be agile enough to do change?” President Obama replied that the current rule on the filibuster “makes it very difficult for us to move forward” and get the American people’s business done.
Oct 21, 2010
CWAers are going all out to support candidates that support working families. CWA has state coordinators on the ground in 29 states; here are some reports:
Oct 19, 2010
Delegates at the CWA Civil Rights and Equity Conference in New Orleans, LA last month were given a detailed briefing on some of the most critical legal cases confronting women and minorities not only in our union but across America.
Oct 1, 2010
Check out this list to see just how the Senate rules block a majority of senators from taking up important measures and getting the people’s business done. Unanimous consent. All 100 senators must agree that the business of the Senate will go forward. One senator can stop bills, nominations, appointments, even ordinary actions like naming a post office.
Oct 1, 2010
Senate rules, and especially the rules about filibuster and debate, have changed a lot over our nation’s history.
Oct 1, 2010
The current Senate rules haven’t been changed for decades. They just don’t work in today’s super-charged political climate. In past years, our nation was able to move forward on landmark legislation that put in place workers’ rights, civil rights, retirement security for seniors and so much more. Today, we only see outrageous obstruction, like this:
