Aug 15, 2012
The following statement was issued tonight by the Federal Mediation and Concillation Service: As of this date, the parties now have been engaged in intensive negotiations for three weeks under the auspices of myself and Director of Mediation Services John Pinto. As previously reported, progress continues to be made, but, again, a number of core issues remain to be resolved. Pursuant to the mediators' recommendation, the parties have agreed to continue their negotiations until concluded.
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Aug 9, 2012
The following statement was issued tonight by the Federal Mediation and Concillation Service
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Aug 9, 2012
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is releasing a television ad explaining the pitfalls of the imminent deal between Verizon and the nation’s largest cable companies, and urging consumers to call the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to register their opposition to it.
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Aug 8, 2012
As American Airlines continues to do everything it can to deny passenger service agents a voice in the workplace, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) today highlights a few numbers that help to put American Airlines’ actions into perspective.
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Aug 3, 2012
The director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service issued this statement today.
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Aug 3, 2012
The FCC is making a big mistake if it allows former competitors Verizon, Comcast and cable companies to cross market services. It will kill jobs, competition and keep too many communities on the wrong side of the digital divide.
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Jul 30, 2012
As opposition to the Verizon-big cable deal mounts, U.S. Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin sent a letter on Thursday to FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder outlining the harmful impact the current deal would have in Baltimore and across Maryland, and urging the FCC and DOJ (Department of Justice) to consider the negative effects on middle-class jobs and access for low-income consumers.
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Jul 26, 2012
More than 100 members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and concerned Baltimore citizens rallied at City Hall today to urge Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and other city officials to oppose a job-killing deal that Verizon Wireless and big cable companies are pushing federal regulators to approve.
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Jul 25, 2012
Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen today swore in Linda Hinton as the new District 4 vice president. The President recommended and the Executive Board approved the appointment of Hinton to the position following the tragic death of Seth Rosen who had served as vice president since 2005. Rosen died in a drowning accident in North Carolina on Friday, July 20, 2012. He was 55.
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Jul 24, 2012
More than 120 members of Congress today told American Airlines that despite what wealthy senior executives may think, the company is not above following laws passed by the U.S. Congress. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) released a letter signed by 121 members of Congress to American Airlines CEO Thomas Horton – who manages to take home millions in salary and bonuses while running a bankrupt airline – stating that American Airlines’ attempts to stop workers from exercising their democratic right to vote in a legal union election just won’t fly.
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Jul 21, 2012
The Communications Workers of America District 4 and CWA's Telecommunications and Technologies Sector have reached tentative agreements in separate negotiations with AT&T Midwest and AT&T Legacy. CWA members and leaders across all districts are continuing to support bargaining that is continuing in District 9, with AT&T West, and with Local 1298, with AT&T East. The contract covering CWA members in District 3 with AT&T Southeast expires Aug. 4.
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Jul 21, 2012
Seth Rosen, vice president of Communications Workers of America District 4, representing 50,000 active and retired members in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, died tragically in a drowning accident in North Carolina on Friday, July 20, 2012. He was 55.
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Jul 21, 2012
Statement from AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson:
"On behalf of everyone at AT&T, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Rosen family during this difficult time.
"Seth was an outstanding leader and possessed a passion for the labor movement and his members. He was a great thinker and innovator. He was tough and relentless, but he showed us all the importance of working together.
"Seth was a great man, a good friend, and we'll miss him."
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Jul 19, 2012
The U.S. Senate today took up the Bring Jobs Home Act, but despite a majority of senators voting to provide incentives to companies that bring good jobs back to the U.S., the bill failed to get the 60-vote “super majority” needed break a Republican filibuster and move the bill to the Senate floor. The final vote was 56-42.
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Jul 19, 2012
Today, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) requested the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) regarding on-going negotiations with Verizon Communications. The two unions represent approximately 45,000 workers at Verizon locations from New England to Virginia.
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Jul 19, 2012
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today hailed the growing national outrage over taxpayer subsidies for corporations that send jobs off shore, as Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced S.3402, a companion bill to the “U.S. Call Center and Worker Protection Act” in the United States Senate. Among other provisions, the legislation would ban companies that off shore American call center jobs from receiving federal loans, grants or subsidies for five years.
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Jul 17, 2012
The Communications Workers of America was successful in gaining Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits for up to 3,300 T-Mobile USA workers after the company closed seven call centers in June. The Department of Labor granted CWA’s petition and affirmed that because “there has been an acquisition from a foreign country by the workers’ firm of article/services that are like or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by the workers’ firm,” workers should receive assistance. The TAA designation makes employees eligible for enhanced unemployment benefits, tuition assistance for job retraining programs and tax credits for family health insurance, among other benefits.
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Jul 17, 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is reiterating his intention to pursue meaningful rules reform in the U.S. Senate in light of the continued unprecedented obstruction from Senate Republicans. On the Ed Schultz radio show last Friday July 13th, Reid made a commitment to pursue Senate rules reform if the Democrats maintain control of the Senate and President Obama is re-elected, and also provided extensive rationale for his remarks.
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Jul 10, 2012
The proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and the big cable companies will cost workers and communities 72,000 jobs, according to a new report by the Communications Workers of America.
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Jul 9, 2012
Today, 32 members of the U.S. House of Representatives released a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski expressing concern about the proposed Verizon Wireless/Big Cable deal’s impact on consumers in their districts and across the country. The letter urges the FCC to ensure that the final agreement falls in line with the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by preserving a healthy level of competition in the industry. In its current form, the proposal would eliminate competition by allowing the companies to cross-market each other’s products—thereby killing or preventing the creation of thousands of jobs, deepening the digital divide between cities and wealthy suburbs, reducing consumer choice, and raising prices.
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