Mar 15, 2012
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is expanding its national program to educate 700,000 members and their families about the threat to our democracy posed by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling. That ruling allows corporations to contribute unlimited money to political campaigns because the court determined that corporations also have free speech and other rights that individuals are granted by the U.S. Constitution. CWA’s continued commitment comes as the national AFL-CIO passed a statement endorsing action to overturn the Citizens United ruling at its winter meeting in Orlando, Florida.
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Mar 9, 2012
NABET-CWA and NBC Universal have entered into an agreement that would provide for the assignment of the Union’s members to certain broadcasts airing on the Company’s “NBC Sports Network” cable channel. This new agreement comes less than one month after NABET-CWA members ratified a new national contract at the NBC Television Network and its TV stations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles.
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Mar 8, 2012
CWA called the FCC's action requiring Verizon Wireless and four cable giants to remove redactions from some filing documents a good first step.
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Mar 7, 2012
The Communications Workers of America and its media sectors are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes to broadcast media ownership rules unless the outcome will encourage greater diversity and competition in news coverage and other local programming.
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Mar 5, 2012
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today announced a tentative contract agreement with AT&T Mobility in CWA District 6, an agreement that includes the return of a minimum of 2,000 jobs over the four year life of the agreement.
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Mar 2, 2012
The Communications Workers of America today filed supplemental comments with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to "stop the clock" on consideration of the Verizon/cable company transaction until the parties involved provide the Commission with full and complete copies of their related commercial agreements.
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Mar 1, 2012
Bi-partisan support on Capitol Hill for legislation that bans federal grants or guaranteed loans to American companies that move call center jobs from the U.S. overseas grew to over five dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced today.
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Feb 21, 2012
CWA calls for specific conditions to ensure competition, protect consumer choice and promote good jobs in Verizon's spectrum bid.
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Feb 20, 2012
ver.di, the German union representing 2.3 million workers, is standing strong for organizing and bargaining rights for T-Mobile USA workers.
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Feb 8, 2012
In a full page ad in Politico, the Communications Workers of America salute the members of Congress who stood up for the rights of workers, against Delta Air Lines, Republican leadership and other special interests.
Although the long-term Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill, which has been a priority for CWA, passed with provisions included that amount to a vicious attack on workers' rights, 157 House members and 15 Senators stood with workers and said no.
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Feb 6, 2012
With today's vote, the Senate has caved in to the ideological agenda of House Speaker John Boehner and used the FAA Reauthorization process to destroy workers' rights and democracy. .
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Feb 3, 2012
The FAA Reauthorization Bill contains a cynical attack on organizing rights that should never have even been considered. It is consistent with lobbying by Delta and the leadership of the Right Wing Majority.
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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."
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Feb 1, 2012
As nearly a thousand local leaders from all 50 states swarmed Capitol Hill today, the Communications Workers of America announced the ever-growing bi-partisan support for the job creating “U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act” now includes an additional seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives who signed on this week.
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Jan 30, 2012
Rewriting decades of labor law without debate or discussion sets a dangerous precedent.
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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.
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Jan 26, 2012
A huge victory for workers' rights. Cablevision workers vote CWA!
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Jan 24, 2012
The Communications Workers of America commends President Obama for his focus on creating an America that is built to last with an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few. In addition, an America built to last cannot be one in which corporate money determines who is elected and what issues are debated.
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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.
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Jan 18, 2012
A group of unions and environmental organizations issued this statement on the Obama administration's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline.
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