May 10, 2012
CWA Demands Public Trans-Pacific Trade Talks
CWA and its progressive allies on Saturday will march on corporate America's latest power grab: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.
May 10, 2012
CWA LPATs Gear Up for 2012 Election
Gearing up for the 2012 presidential election, CWA LPAT activists from around the country gathered last week for three days of political action training.
May 10, 2012
CWA Activists Work to Recall Wisconsin Gov. Walker
With less than a month until Wisconsin's recall election, CWA activists have been working around the clock to get Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office.
May 3, 2012
Activists Rally Against VeriGreedy Verizon
Hundreds of CWA members, activists and allies descended on Verizon's annual shareholders meeting on Thursday, protesting the company's excessive corporate greed and war against the middle class.
May 3, 2012
At Shareholders’ Meeting, AT&T Gets the CWA Message
At the AT&T annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, shareholders heard a loud and clear message from CWA leaders and members: AT&T should be helping to "lead our economic recovery by continuing to provide good, middle class jobs. We are the network. We deserve a fair contract."
Apr 20, 2012
CWAers Join Nationwide Protest Against Corporate Tax Dodgers
On April 17, Tax Day, across the country, activists from CWA and other unions, the AFL-CIO, Move On and other members of the 99% Spring coalition called on corporations and the 1% to pay their fair share in taxes.
Apr 20, 2012
Grassroots Support Boosts Citizens United Amendments
A growing grassroots movement has energized the movement for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision, Democratic lawmakers said Wednesday. Speaking at a summit, Congressional sponsors of amendment efforts -- along with local and state elected officials, national advocacy organizations and activists -- lambasted the Supreme Court decision, which gave corporations the same rights as people, opening the floodgates to unlimited amounts of corporate money in politics. And they showcased how their longshot attempt has suddenly gone mainstream.
Apr 20, 2012
AFL-CIO Launches ‘CEO Pay and the 99%’
The AFL-CIO revamped its executive pay watch website today, adding new shareable infographics and data on the business world's wealthiest 1 percent.
Apr 12, 2012
99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Kicks Off Teach-Ins
This week, 99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power — a large coalition of progressive organizations, from Greenpeace to Occupiers to CWA — began training 100,000 people across the country to tell the story of how America's economy collapsed and the history of non-violent direct action. These teach-ins will give participants the tools to launch their own progressive actions and campaigns for change.
Apr 12, 2012
Cohen: Build a Framework like Brazil
Faced with a nationwide attack on workers' rights and their unions, American workers can learn a lesson from the Brazilians, CWA President Larry Cohen said Wednesday.
Apr 5, 2012
99 Percent Spring Training: Challenge to Corporate Power is On!
Next week will be a time of unprecedented activity around the country, as union members, environmentalists, religious, civil rights, community and immigrant activists, Occupiers and many more join a nationwide 99 Percent Spring training on how to gain economic justice.
Mar 29, 2012
99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Trains Activist Leaders
Occupy Wall Street-inspired activists are gearing up to lead demonstrations and resistance as part of "99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power."
Mar 29, 2012
CWA Members Plan Actions for Verizon Annual Meeting
CWA activists are planning actions around Verizon's annual shareholder meeting to bring attention to corporate greed and economic inequality.
Mar 29, 2012
March 22 Was a Warm-Up to Shareholder Spring
March 22 was a great day of rallies and leafleting across the country, with CWA members joined by members of many different unions, Jobs with Justice, Occupiers and other supporters.
Mar 22, 2012
99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Is Coming
CWA activists are headed to spring training. Next month, 2,000 CWA activists will be attending training to lead nonviolent, direct protests aimed at reigniting the enthusiasm and passion of Occupy Wall Street and Wisconsin uprisings. CWA joins more than 60 progressive groups — collectively called the 99 Percent Spring — that will be training a total of 100,000 activists at 700 trainings in 48 states.
Mar 15, 2012
CWA Expands Awareness Program on Threat to Democracy Caused by Corporate Dollars in Politics
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is expanding its national program to educate 700,000 members and their families about the threat to our democracy posed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. That ruling allows corporations to contribute unlimited money to political campaigns because the court determined that corporations also have free speech and other rights that individuals are granted by the U.S. Constitution. CWA’s continued commitment comes as the national AFL-CIO passed a statement endorsing action to overturn the Citizens United ruling at its winter meeting in Orlando, Florida.
Feb 17, 2012
Campaign to End Corporate Money in Politics Heats Up
New Mexico is now the second state, following Hawaii's lead, where lawmakers in the Senate are on record strongly opposing Citizens United and corporate money in politics.
Feb 3, 2012
Activists ‘Stand Up, Fight Back’ at CWA Leg-Pol Conference
More than 700 CWA activists covered Capitol Hill as part of CWA's Legislative-Political conference in Washington. Their message to senators, representatives and staff: we're fighting back to restore democracy and economic justice for working families. CWA activists visited more than 350 congressional offices.
Jan 26, 2012
CWA, Allies Fight Corporate Money in Politics
CWA, working with several organizations determined to restore our democracy, spotlighted the destructive influence of corporate money in politics in actions and events tied to the Jan. 20 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.
Jan 26, 2012
Tell Congress: Only People are People
Ever since the 2010 Supreme Court "Citizens United" decision declared that corporations and other groups could spend as much as they wanted in political campaigns, money has become a harmful and corrosive influence in American politics.
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