May 3, 2012

Shareholder Spring Coalition Takes on Verizon

While hundreds of CWAers and supporters were rallying outside and speaking inside Verizon's shareholder meeting in Huntsville, Ala., members of the 99 Percent Spring Coalition were standing up and fighting back against VeriGreedy at rallies and actions across the country.

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May 3, 2012

American Airlines Tries an End Run Around the Law

CWA President Larry Cohen issued this statement on the continued effort by American Airlines to stop workers' from having a fair vote on union representation.

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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."

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May 3, 2012

TNG-CWA Looks at Creative Strategies to Grow, Thrive

About 100 local TNG-CWA leaders from across the country met in Cleveland for three busy days focused on building an increasingly effective, efficient union that can survive and thrive as the media industry continues to evolve.

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May 3, 2012

CWA Activists Join May Day Protests

CWA activists joined the Occupy Movement's big return to the national stage on Tuesday, bringing May Day's annual celebration of international workers' rights home with protests in more than 100 U.S. cities.

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May 3, 2012

Workers Memorial Day Honors Those Injured, Killed on the Job

Thousands of CWA members, safety and health activists and other union members joined in vigils, rallied at state capitols for stronger workplace protections and held other events to mark Workers' Memorial Day on April 28.

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May 3, 2012

Apply Now for Morton Bahr Online Scholarship at Empire State College

New York's Empire State College is accepting applications for Morton Bahr Online Learning Scholarships for the 2012-2013 academic year. The deadline to apply is May 15 and winners will be announced by the end of June for the fall semester.

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May 3, 2012

Standing Together for Global Workers’ Rights

CWA President Larry Cohen opened a D.C. session of the International Labor Rights Forum.

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Apr 26, 2012

AT&T District 9 Members Ask: Where’s the Fairness?

CWA AT&T members in California and Nevada have a simple question for management: "Where's the Fairness?" As bargaining for a new contract covering 18,000 workers at AT&T West continues, CWAers are taking that message everywhere.

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Apr 26, 2012

99 Percent Spring/Challenging Corporate Power Plans Training, Actions

Across the country, activists are ramping up direct, non-violent actions. Did you miss 99 Percent Spring training last week? It's not too late to get involved. All the materials and videos are now online.

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Apr 26, 2012

CWA Members Plan Protests for Verizon Shareholder Meeting on May 3

Taking a stand against corporate greed, CWA activists plan to protest Verizon Communication's annual shareholder meeting on May 3.

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Apr 26, 2012

Passenger Service Election at American Airlines is On!

The National Mediation Board has set the elections date for the CWA representation vote among nearly 10,000 American Airlines passenger service employees.

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Apr 26, 2012

Cohen: ‘The status quo is not stable’

CWA President Larry Cohen, renewing his call for international solidarity, used a trip to Germany this week to underscore how the erosion of American workers' rights should serve as a wake-up call for the global labor movement.

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Apr 26, 2012

New Project Builds Enthusiasm Among CWA Retirees

A new project to encourage more CWA retirees to become active and effective voices for our union got off to a great start with a series of three telephone town hall meetings.

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Apr 26, 2012

Senate Rejects U.S. Chamber-Backed Attack on NLRB Rule Change

The U.S. Senate upheld the very modest changes made by the National Labor Relations Board last year to ensure that workers have fair and timely elections.

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Apr 26, 2012

USAID Suspends Aid for Call Center Outsourcing

The U.S. Agency for International Development has "suspended" an initiative training Filipino workers for call center jobs outsourced by American companies.

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Apr 26, 2012

Guild Journalists Win Six 2012 Pulitzers

TNG-CWA members from coast to coast have won six of the most coveted awards in journalism, a Pulitzer Prize, for reporting on everything from violence in Philadelphia's schools to famine in East Africa.

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Apr 26, 2012

Remember the Fallen on Workers’ Memorial Day, April 28

CWA members will join workers around the nation on Saturday in remembering those who've died or been seriously injured on the job.

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Apr 26, 2012

CWA/NETT Training Launches Virtual Homeroom Style Website

Over the past decade, CWA/NETT's online academy has grown from a modest beginning of about a dozen course offerings to well over forty of the finest "professional-grade" training courses, plus a full Associates Degree.

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Apr 20, 2012

Workers Rally to Protect T-Mobile Call Center Jobs

T-Mobile USA workers on Monday sent a loud, clear message to their CEO Philipp Humm: Keep good call center jobs in America and bring back the thousands you've shipped overseas.

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