Apr 25, 2013
CWA President Larry Cohen announced the winners of the President’s Award, CWA’s highest honor for organizing and named in honor of our union’s first president Joe Beirne. This year, CWA Local 1109 and CWA Local 4302 shared the honor. Local presidents Rolando Scott Jr. of Local 1109 and Todd Leyda of Local 4302 accepted the awards.
Apr 25, 2013
Adopting the recommendations of the Defense Fund Oversight Committee, delegates strengthened CWA’s ability to fight for economic justice and to play offense in organizing, bargaining and other campaigns.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA delegates made some important changes to the CWA Constitution.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hill reported on CWA’s finances and administrative structure and also discussed CWA initiatives like the human rights program and our growing retiree project.
Apr 25, 2013
Jim Little, president of the Transport Workers International Union, outlined his hope that TWU becomes “part of the CWA family.”
Apr 25, 2013
Linda Hinton is formally installed as CWA District 4 vice president.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA’s Next Generation initiative is developing the future leaders of the labor movement.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA delegates adopted several important resolutions at the 74th convention.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA delegates were deeply moved by the story of how CWA Local 7019 member Daniel Rivera and his family marched toward citizenship.
Apr 25, 2013
Did you know that more than 4 in 10 private-sector employees do not have paid sick days? Workers are standing up and fighting back, along with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), who just introduced a bill that would allow workers to earn seven paid sick days a year.
Apr 25, 2013
Fix the Senate Now, a coalition of more than 70 progressive and labor groups, is renewing its call for Senate rules reform. The continued GOP obstruction of presidential nominees and important legislation makes it clear that real change – not just another unenforceable gentlemen’s agreement – is needed soon.
Apr 25, 2013
MetroPCS shareholders on Wednesday approved a deal to merge with T-Mobile USA, clearing the final hurdle to combining the companies.
Apr 25, 2013
United Steel Workers President Leo Gerard commend CWA members and leaders as the “moral fiber” of the fight to save our democracy, to fix the broken Senate and to restore workers’ bargaining rights.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA and CASA de Maryland members participated in the first U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing for S. 744, a bill outlining comprehensive immigration reform last Friday.
Apr 25, 2013
CWA convention delegates rallied outside two AT&T call centers in Pittsburgh that AT&T is threatening to close.
Apr 18, 2013
CWA is proud of the first responders, medics, and Guild and NABET members who put their own lives on the line to spring into action during the horrific events in Boston on Monday.
Apr 18, 2013
Tentative agreement with Verizon Southwest and Flight Attendant "send-off party" in Florida.
Apr 18, 2013
U.S. Senators known as the “Gang of Eight,” four Democrats and four Republicans who have been working on immigration reform, have released a bill that is a first step toward much needed reform of our broken immigration system.
Apr 18, 2013
Last Friday, House Republicans pushed through H.R. 1120, a bill that would essentially shut down the National Labor Relations Board. Piling on a recent Court of Appeals ruling challenging the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the NLRB, the legislation seeks to freeze all NLRB activities that requires a quorum of board members. It would also bar the NLRB from enforcing any decisions it has made since Jan. 4, 2012, when Obama made those disputed recess appointments.
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