Oct 1, 2010
Just how bad are things today in the Senate? If the climate of obstructionism in the Senate that exists today represented how that body has always operated, landmark legislation that brought social and economic justice to millions of Americans would never have been enacted.
Organizing and bargaining rights through the National Labor Relations Act. Secure retirement and health care for older Americans that resulted from the Social Security and Medicare programs. An end to years of discrimination endured by people of color through the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
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Sep 30, 2010
Despite their best efforts, Senate Republicans and three Democrats-in-name-only couldn't block new National Mediation Board rules that will finally bring democracy to union elections for flight attendants, passenger service agents and other airline and rail workers.
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Sep 30, 2010
Ohio Senate candidate and Lt. Governor Lee Fisher joined CWA leaders Wednesday to condemn Senate Republicans for blocking a bill that would end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
"Job creation is not a political game," Fisher said, describing how Republicans have abused the Senate rules to derail legislation that would help American workers and their families. "What was once a well intentioned rule to protect the minority party has become a partisan weapon of mass destruction."
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Sep 30, 2010
A health care bill for Ground Zero workers that House Republicans blocked in July was passed 268-160 on Wednesday, when 13 Republicans joined Democrats to support it.
The 9/11 Health and Compensation Act would provide federal funds for medical monitoring and treatment for first responders, recovery crews and other workers exposed to Ground Zero toxins, including about 1,500 CWA members in telecom, the public sector, newspapers and broadcasting.
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Sep 30, 2010
The Communications Workers of America sees the proposal by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Representative Rick Boucher (D-Va.) to clarify the FCC’s authority to safeguard an open Internet as resolution to national challenge.
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Sep 23, 2010
Today's the day that important health care reform changes begin to be put in place, under the legislation signed by President Obama six months ago.
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Sep 23, 2010
Nine days to go! CWA is counting down to the Oct. 2 One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, where thousands of CWAers will gather at the Lincoln Memorial with hundreds of thousands of others to call for good jobs, bargaining rights, government that works and other issues critical to working families.
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Sep 23, 2010
Information for leaders and members of CWA regarding the effect of health care reform on self-insured plans.
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Sep 17, 2010
Abuse of the Senate rules by Senate Republicans must stop!
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Sep 16, 2010
Just 16 days 'til hundreds of thousands of union members and progressive activists fill the mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the One Nation rally.
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Sep 16, 2010
At Labor Day events across the country, CWA activists were showing just how important it is to elect political leaders who support working families.
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Sep 16, 2010
Congress is back, and CWA is working with House and Senate leaders over the short four-week session to move forward on legislation to support good jobs and help middle class families.
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Sep 2, 2010
CWA commended the FCC for continuing to work to resolve the confused "net neutrality" debate that has stalled the buildout of high speed broadband and caused the digital divide in the U.S. to grow worse.
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Aug 19, 2010
CWA Local 9400 will gain new jobs and new members thanks to a broadband grant awarded to a union company in California. Funded by the Obama administration's economic recovery program, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program supports projects that build out high speed networks.
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Aug 19, 2010
Don't miss your chance to join other CWAers and be part of a historic rally a quarter of a million strong on Oct. 2 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. There, workers and retirees, environmentalists, human rights activists and other voices from across the progressive movement will speak as "One Nation" to fight for good jobs, retirement security, bargaining rights and government that works for all of us.
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Aug 19, 2010
CWAers, members of the Sierra Club and other activists have signed on for the BlueGreen Alliance's "The Job's Not Done Tour," aimed at urging Senate action on critical legislation that will create and save millions of jobs. The three-week, 17-state, 30-city bus tour, left Los Angeles this week.
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Aug 12, 2010
More than 100 CWA members from across California converged on the State Capitol in Sacramento with a big Lobby Day message for members of the Senate and Assembly: "Keep Jobs in California."
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Aug 12, 2010
Over the last three months, another 1,061 CWAers have signed up for COPE, or increased their contributions by at least $1 a week.
CWA's political team has been working hard, providing information to members about COPE, their members of Congress and why it's so important for CWAers to participate in the political and legislative process.
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Aug 9, 2010
Today's announcement by Verizon and Google shows consensus is possible to preserve an open Internet and build out a 21st century broadband network.
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Jul 30, 2010
Busloads of CWA members were on Capitol Hill for CWA's Lobby Day, holding more than 140 meetings with members of Congress and staff on jobs, bargaining rights for public safety officers and high-speed broadband access for all Americans.
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