Oct 13, 2011
After voting the wrong way on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the House of Representatives did the right thing by joining the Senate in extending trade adjustment assistance to workers hurt by foreign trade.
Oct 11, 2011
The Communications Workers of America today released "As Goes Avianca: How One Company Represents the Problems and Challenges of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement & the Action Plan on Labor Rights." The case study outlines the challenges that go unaddressed by the proposed agreement's Labor Action Plan by looking at the actions of the Colombian-based airline as they relate to it.
Oct 7, 2011
CWA recommends that the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission resolve their issues with AT&T so that the AT&T/T-Mobile merger can provide real benefits for consumers, workers, and communities.
Oct 6, 2011
CWA is urging Congress to reject the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, saying the badly flawed deal effectively endorses an economic and legal system that is designed to block workers' collective bargaining rights and workplace protections.
Oct 6, 2011
Federal programs protecting workers' safety and health on the job, as well as their right to organize, are targeted for cuts or elimination altogether in a 2012 budget proposal from House Republicans.
Oct 4, 2011
Building a movement! CWA endorses Occupy Wall Street movement, activists join CWAers at Verizon Wireless leafleting.
Oct 4, 2011
The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is flawed and should not be approved by Congress.
Oct 1, 2011
10) To show our children we really can change the world, or at least our part of it.
9) To remind corporations and elected officials that ordinary people do make a difference.
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.
Senator Blumenthal of CT calls T-Mobile on “frivolous litigation” in union elections.
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Union Hall Call, March 22, 2012
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Union Hall Call, February 23, 2012
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CWA Members Visit Congress to Discuss the Call Center Bill
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CWA 2012 Legislative-Political Conference
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