Feb 3, 2012
Despite strong Democratic opposition, the House of Representatives voted 248-169 to approve a blatant attack on workers' rights as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill. Some 157 Democrats voted against the measure.
Feb 3, 2012
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.
Feb 3, 2012
AFA-CWA reached a tentative agreement with US Airways this week on a single, combined contract to unite the 6,700 Flight Attendants at the airline from US Airways and the pre-merger America West.
Feb 3, 2012
An ad hoc committee of passenger service agents organizing for a CWA voice at American Airlines convinced a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block a huge multimillion dollar payoff by parent company AMR Corp. to financial firms working on the airline's bankruptcy reorganization.
Feb 2, 2012
The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America today endorsed the re-election of President Barack Obama as President of the United States. In a unanimous endorsement, CWA's Executive Board said:
"In the last year, we've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader."
Jan 27, 2012
In his State of The Union address and a series of events around the nation, President Barack Obama has noted the damages inflicted by the trend of off-shoring American jobs and has called for companies to reinvest in American workers by focusing on domestic insourcing.
Jan 26, 2012
CWA activists and union supporters are keeping up the fight against union busting in Indiana, despite the House passing "right to work" (for less) by a 55-44 vote yesterday.
Jan 26, 2012
After more than two and a half years of fruitless negotiations at PSA Airlines, Flight Attendants at the airline represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA warned the airline that workers would be forced to strike if management continues to refuse to bargain fairly.
Jan 26, 2012
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
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.
Jan 26, 2012
At last night's CWA national town hall meeting, Anthony Guerrier, a Cablevision worker in Brooklyn working for CWA representation, told the 6,000 CWAers listening that "we're optimistic that by this time tomorrow we'll be able to say that we are proud members of CWA Local 1109."
Jan 26, 2012
CWA members tell the story of how Verizon doesn't pay its share of taxes in a great new mobilization video.
Jan 26, 2012
The Communications Workers of America issued a statement on President Obama's State of the Union Address.
Jan 20, 2012
As the nation approaches the two year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which helped open the floodgates to unprecedented levels of corporate money in politics, the Communications Workers of America today announces a series of actions to raise awareness of the corrosive influence of money in politics.
Jan 19, 2012
Make sure to join us next week for our next Union Hall Call for an update on Verizon bargaining and the important work CWA activists are doing all across the country.
Jan 19, 2012
CWA has asked the National Labor Relations Board to throw out a narrow Jan. 6 union election loss for 13 workers at a Verizon Wireless facility in Bloomington, Ill., charging that the company repeatedly violated the law to ensure the vote would go its way.
Jan 19, 2012
Bursting with smiles and pride as the national media watched, Wisconsin activists made history this week as they delivered more than 1 million petition signatures in the campaign to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
Jan 19, 2012
Determined union members and Democratic lawmakers in Indiana are keeping the so-called "right-to-work" debate alive, denying Republicans the opportunity to pass the anti-union bill quickly and quell the controversy before their capital city hosts the Super Bowl in two weeks.
Jan 19, 2012
Three CWA Local 13000 members who were wrongfully terminated during the Verizon strike have not wavered in showing their support for a fair contract for their sisters and brothers at Verizon Wireless.
Jan 12, 2012
AFA-CWA Flight Attendants at United Airlines are preparing to vote on a tentative agreement reached with United last weekend through expedited mediation.
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