Dec 8, 2011
Companies that send U.S. call center jobs overseas would suffer financial consequences and risk their customers' loyalty under the provisions of a bipartisan bill introduced this week in the House of Representatives.
Dec 2, 2011
Our government should address anti-trust concerns as part of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal and move to seize the real opportunity of increased jobs, investment and economic development.
Nov 22, 2011
Today's action by the Federal Communications Commission on the AT&T/T-Mobile merger is a job killer at a time of 9 percent unemployment.
Nov 18, 2011
CWA, AFA-CWA Condemn NMB decision on Delta Air Lines Interference
Nov 17, 2011
At 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, with a long line of happily sleep-deprived Milwaukee residents behind him, CWA Local 4603 Vice President Clinton Rodgers became one of the first Wisconsin voters to sign a petition to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
Nov 10, 2011
A summary of election victories by state.
Nov 8, 2011
Tonight, Ohio citizens sent a message to extremist politicians: stop the attacks on working families and against workers who keep our communities secure. This really was a victory for the ordinary people of Ohio. And it was a sharp lesson for Ohio politicians and their right-wing supporters who thought they could push through an extremist agenda at the expense of Ohio citizens and communities. Elected officials who are considering more tax giveaways to the 1 percent should take a close look at this vote. The 99 percent have spoken loud and clear.
Nov 3, 2011
At a unique statewide hearing that CWA helped organize in Missouri last Saturday, caseworkers and clients testified about the devastating impact of cutting and consolidating the state's network of social services.
Nov 3, 2011
With just days to go until Ohio voters decide the fate of their state's anti-collective bargaining law, CWA members are among thousands of volunteers continuing to knock on doors and make phone calls to get out the vote.
Oct 27, 2011
As CWA members continue their tireless efforts to overturn Ohio's anti-collective bargaining law, a new poll indicates they and the thousands of other campaign volunteers are having the desired impact: 57 percent of voters say they oppose the unjust law.
Oct 13, 2011
Ohio union activists campaigning tirelessly to repeal the state law stripping collective bargaining rights from public workers got a new volunteer last week when CWA President Larry Cohen turned out for an AFL-CIO precinct walk in Columbus.
Oct 13, 2011
Following House passage of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement on Wednesday night, CWA expressed deep disappointment that Congress choose to ignore the country's gross abuses of workers' rights and the deadly violence against people who fight for unionization.
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.
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