May 9, 2013
Remembering Our Fallen Law Enforcement Officers
As communities across the country come together during National Police Week, CWA honors Corporal Marshall Bailey and Trooper Eric Workman.
Oct 11, 2012
Maryland Public Safety Unions Win Back Binding Arbitration
A Maryland county’s nine public safety unions have won back their right to binding arbitration.
Oct 6, 2011
Nevada Deputy Sheriffs Join CWA
Twenty-eight members of the White Pine County (Nevada) Deputy Sheriffs Association joined with CWA last week. They will be represented by the Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers/CWA Local 9110.
Aug 4, 2011
Updated CWA Workplace Violence Booklet Now Online
A new, updated Violence in the Workplace booklet on CWA's website is a valuable education tool to help locals identify, prevent, or head off potentially violent situations or behaviors.
Jun 30, 2011
Virginia Locals Build Support for Corrections, Public Safety Officers
CWA local leaders and members in Virginia have put together a model grassroots campaign as part of the effort to win collective bargaining rights for public safety officers.
Mar 10, 2011
Ohio House Prepares to Gut Public Workers’ Bargaining Rights
CWA and its allies in Ohio will rally throughout the state on Tuesday, as the Ohio House prepares to vote on the bill the Senate passed last week that strips public workers of their bargaining rights and other job protections.
Dec 22, 2010
Ground Zero Responders Bill Remains Blocked by Abuse of Senate Rules
As this CWA Newsletter closed out, some Senate Republicans led by Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) were continuing to stall discussion of the bill to provide health care and compensation to Sept. 11 responders at Ground Zero. The legislation would help ailing police officers, firefighters, telecom workers and others – including many CWA members -- who were on the ground in the earliest days following Sept. 11.
Dec 9, 2010
Obstruction Watch: Senate Kills Public Safety Bargaining Bill
Fifty-five Senators voted to have a full discussion and debate on a bill to give public safety officers collective bargaining rights. But under the current Senate rules, a majority just isn’t enough. That majority vote couldn’t overcome the 40 Republicans and three Democrats who killed the bill by not allowing it to be debated by the full Senate. All Republicans plus Democrats Mark Warner (Va.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) voted against full discussion of the bill.
Dec 9, 2010
Obstruction Watch Cont’d: Senate Republicans Block Debate on Health Care Bill for Ground Zero Worker
Months ago, the House of Representatives voted to cover medical treatment and monitoring for workers exposed to toxins at Ground Zero, where workers, including hundreds of CWAers, were on the job following the 9-11 terrorist attacks.
Dec 3, 2010
CWA: Public Safety Bargaining Bill an Important Step Forward
CWA supports the Public Safety Employer-Employee Act, S. 3991, as an important step forward in providing public safety officers a voice on the job and in their communities.
Nov 18, 2010
Tell Senate to Act Now on Bargaining Rights for Public Safety Officers
With Congress back for a post election legislative session, CWA is geared up to move Senators and Representatives forward on our key issues.
Nov 12, 2010
CWA Public Safety Officers Raising Funds for Law Enforcement Museum
CWA's public safety officers are a big part of raising funds for a law enforcement museum under construction just a block away from CWA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Feb 25, 2010
CWA: Bargaining Rights Now for Nation’s Airport Security Officers
CWAers rallied with hundreds of union activists this week to support full collective bargaining rights for the nation's 40,000 airport security officers.
Feb 25, 2010
CWA: Bargaining Rights Now for Nation’s Airport Security Officers
CWAers rallied with hundreds of union activists this week to support full collective bargaining rights for the nation's 40,000 airport security officers.
May 15, 2008
Sheriffs, Detention Officers in Iowa Affiliate with CWA
Concerned over pay, intimidation by management, and job security, a unit of 100 detention officers and 39 deputy sheriffs in the Woodbury County Sheriffs Department in Sioux City, Iowa, voted to affiliate with CWA last week, reports District 7 Vice President Annie Hill.
Sep 28, 2007
Probation Officers Join California’s CWA COPS
The San Bernardino County Probation Officers' Association, representing 305 officers, voted on Sept. 13 to become part of CWA Local 9111, the California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS).
May 4, 2007
West Virginia Corrections Officers Say, ‘Thank You’
Last January, they had demonstrated outside the state capital over their low salaries – and this week 30 Local 2055 members in Charleston, W.Va. rallied at the same spot to thank lawmakers and the governor for boosting pay for corrections officers by $2,000 with the prospect of another $3,000 the next two years.
