Jul 9, 2012
This statement was released by the German trade union ver.di on July 8, 2012. ver.di represents more than 2 million workers, including telecommunications workers at Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile. ver.di has been working with the Communications Workers of America and together the unions have formed TU to support T-Mobile USA workers who want a union voice.
Jul 2, 2012
Members of the Communications Workers of America, who are fleet and passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines, overwhelmingly ratified their first contract by a 94 percent vote.
Jun 28, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court decision today affirmed the constitutional right of Congress to establish a personal mandate for insurance, the key element of the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act was a significant undertaking. The Obama administration worked to bring together all the parties in our current system: consumers, insurers, providers, health care facilities, and employers. Congress held lengthy debates and difficult votes. The Affordable Care Act is an important first step toward true health care reform.
Jun 27, 2012
Today, 132 Members of Congress delivered a letter to United States Trade Ambassador Ron Kirk pressing him to support transparency and openness in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. The Members called for stronger congressional consultations and access to documents, and greater public transparency on the proposals.
Jun 25, 2012
Today’s 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting the right of the state of Montana to restrict the unlimited spending by corporations and other groups in political campaigns will only continue and extend the corrupting influence of corporate money in politics.
Jun 22, 2012
Today’s ruling by US District Court Judge Terry Means is a disgrace and a travesty of justice for 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines. The Court, despite a clear reiteration of congressional intent by the Senate authors of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization, determined that the 50 percent showing of interest standard should apply to agents who have been waiting for months for their lawful, democratic vote.
Jun 22, 2012
Darden Restaurants [DRI] CEO Clarence Otis and Banco Popular [BPOP] CEO Richard Carrión, members of Verizon’s board of directors, are facing protests across the U.S. today, as members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Jobs with Justice and other allies urge the executives to take responsibility and urge Verizon to reach a fair contract with 45,000 members of CWA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
Jun 22, 2012
A new investigative report in today’s Washington Post highlights the fact that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney helped to usher in the detrimental practice of shipping call center jobs overseas. This news comes as the U.S. call center industry continues to shed jobs - this very day seven T-Mobile call centers facilities in six states are closing, affecting 3,300 American workers.
Jun 19, 2012
Today, in a near party-line vote of 238-178, the U.S. House of Representatives voted against considering legislation sponsored by Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) and Rep. Dave McKinley (R-WV) entitled the U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act. The legislation would have helped to revitalize a U.S. call center industry that has lost over 500,000 jobs just in the past six years, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the process, the legislation also would have strengthened American consumer security against ongoing security problems associated with overseas call centers.
Jun 15, 2012
"All of us in the Communications Workers of America applaud today’s White House action. Providing rights and a path to opportunity for these Dreamers inspires all of us, and reminds us that the United States always has been a nation of immigrants determined to build better lives for themselves, their families and their community."
Jun 14, 2012
The decision by a U.S. District Court Judge granting a temporary restraining order to block the vote by nearly 10,000 passenger service agents means workers, not American Airlines, will suffer irreparable harm – the standard for such an order. Clearly the airline is afraid of workers having their democratic vote and has been fighting hard to stop it.
Jun 13, 2012
Verizon workers from five states and Washington D.C. rallied alongside consumer advocates and community organizations in front of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today to urge regulators to put conditions on the proposed anti-competitive deal between Verizon subsidiary Verizon Wireless and Big Cable.
Jun 12, 2012
American Airlines is back in court, trying again to stop 10,000 passenger service agents from exercising their right to vote in a democratic, union representation election. After losing at every turn, the airline now is seeking a preliminary injunction and restraining order to stop the agents’ vote, but its motion is based on claims that have been discredited by Senate leaders responsible for making congressional intent clear.
Jun 6, 2012
Democracy rules! 10,000 American Airlines agents will get their right to vote in democratic union representation election.
Jun 6, 2012
We've heard a lot of back and forth about what the Wisconsin vote means. It's clear to us at the Communications Workers of America that it means that the 1 percent can reach into just about every aspect of our political lives.
Jun 6, 2012
CWA is gearing up its efforts to document how American Airlines is denying its employees their legal right to vote for union representation.
Jun 1, 2012
The proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and Big Cable would disproportionally negatively impact people of color and lower income families, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) said yesterday in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Jun 1, 2012
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and two Ranking Members call on American Airlines to stop delaying the democratic, union representation elections that passenger service agents want and the NMB ordered.
May 31, 2012
The Communications Workers of America has reached a tentative first contract with Piedmont Airlines covering 3,500 fleet and passenger service agents.
May 24, 2012
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) voiced strong support for the letter Senator Herb Kohl sent today to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, urging a prohibition on cross-marketing arrangements in the Verizon footprint, and raising concerns that the company will lose incentives to bring its high-speed fiber optic FiOS service to new areas if the deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable operators goes through.
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