Jan 24, 2013
President Cohen in the News
CWA President Larry Cohen continued hitting the airwaves and editorial pages this week.
Jan 24, 2013
Getting Corporate Money Out of Politics
CWAers and progressive activists across the country marked the third anniversary of the disastrous Supreme Court Citizen's United decision with nationwide actions over the Martin Luther King weekend protesting the billions of dollars that have subverted our political process.
Jan 24, 2013
Organizing Update
IUE-CWA organized in Kansas City and CWA Local 6360 continues to represent in Kansas City.
Jan 24, 2013
Can Your Facebook Updates Get You Fired?
Sometimes. But you may have more protection than you think.
Jan 24, 2013
Make Sure Your Voice is Heard as CWA Builds a Movement for Justice and Democracy
CWA’s movement building website is live!
Jan 17, 2013
CWA Telephone Town Hall Call Tonight
You won't want to miss the CWA national town hall call tonight at 7:30 pm ET.
Jan 17, 2013
American Agents Standing Strong for a CWA Voice
American Airlines agents and CWA are continuing their efforts to get a voice on the job and in the future, following a narrow loss in the representation election among 7,800 agents.
Jan 17, 2013
Take Action Today to Fix the Senate Now!
Today is a final big push to let Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and all our senators know that we need real reform to fix the Senate NOW.
Jan 17, 2013
Watch President Cohen Talk Filibuster Reform
CWA President Larry Cohen has been making the case for real Senate rules reform on several news and political shows.
Jan 17, 2013
More New Jersey Hospital Workers Join CWA
A unit of 73 certified nursing assistants joined CWA last week, growing the union’s presence at a recently privatized county hospital.
Jan 17, 2013
AFA-CWA Sues Spirit Airlines for Equal Health Benefits for Domestic Partners
AFA-CWA has filed a lawsuit against Spirit Airlines for denying equal health care benefits to employees’ legally recognized domestic partners. The lawsuit accuses the airline’s management of exploiting procedural loopholes to avoid this contractual obligation and forcing domestic partners into a lower-quality health care plan than the one covering other employees.
Jan 15, 2013
CWA Announces Over $300k Paid Media Effort for Home Stretch of Senate Rules Reform Campaign
Having made U.S. Senate rules reform a top priority, CWA today announced details of a paid media campaign ahead of the Senate vote on rules reform expected next week.
Jan 10, 2013
Day of Action Today to Fix the Senate Now!
Thousands of progressive activists are rallying for Senate rules reform today, spreading the word about an important package of common sense reforms that will reduce opportunities for obstruction and end the silent filibuster.
Jan 10, 2013
CWA Commends Labor Secretary Solis for Standing With Working Families
CWA commends Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis for her service to working people and her leadership that truly promoted the mission of the Labor Department: To be a voice for working men and women, to help ensure that workers are not victimized and to safeguard workers’ rights, health and well-being on the job.
Jan 10, 2013
Just a Week to Go as American Airlines Agents Vote in Union Election
American Airlines passenger service agents are just days away from the vote count in their union representation election. Next Tuesday, Jan. 15, the National Mediation Board will tally the votes and announce the results at 2 p.m. in Washington, DC.
Jan 10, 2013
The Democracy Initiative
CWA has a leading role in the Democracy Initiative, as progressive groups are banding together to build a national campaign around three goals: getting big money out of politics, fighting voter suppression and restoring voting rights and reforming the broken Senate rules.
Jan 10, 2013
Announcing CWA’s PAF Winners
Larry Arnold, a member of CWA Local 6316 in Missouri, and Jeff Rogue, a member of CWA Local 4320 in Ohio, won this year's Political Action Fund raffles.
Jan 10, 2013
Attacks on Voting Rights Continue
The November 2012 elections have come and gone, but voter suppression isn’t going away. The New Year has ushered in a new wave of attacks on Americans' voting rights.
Jan 10, 2013
Apply Now for Joseph Beirne Scholarship
Fifteen partial college scholarships of $3,000 each are being offered for the 2013-2014 school year. Winners, selected in a lottery drawing, also will receive second-year scholarships of the same amount, contingent upon satisfactory academic accomplishment. Part-time students — those taking less than 12 credits — will receive half of the scholarship amount.
Jan 3, 2013
Keep the Heat on Your Senators
Activists are keeping the heat on their senators to “Fix the Senate Now,” with another Day of Action and phone calls to Capitol Hill underway today.
