Dec 8, 2011
Denver Post: CenturyLink will let union review books
On December 2, 2011, The Denver Post reports "CenturyLink will let union review books after retirees bemoan skyrocketing health premiums."
Nov 18, 2011
2012 Qwest Retiree Premiums - What’s Going On
Letter to all Legacy Qwest represented CWA Locals and Retiree Chapters.
CenturyLink (Qwest Retirees): Clarification of Opt In/Opt Out for Health Care Plan
Occupational retirees CAN elect to opt in or opt out of the health care plan each Open Enrollment period. Some callers to the Service Center were given misinformation about this.
Oct 24, 2011
Social Security Administration Fact Sheet - October 24, 2011
Included are the new maximum taxable earnings, earnings limits for Social Security recipients, and SSI data.
Oct 13, 2011
The Guild Reporter: Paul Lacaillade a Guild charter member—twice over
Paul Lacaillade organizes TNG Local in 1942, then RMC Chapter in 2011
Oct 1, 2011
WORKING Together: It’s All About Movement Building
It’s all about movement building
It will take all of us, union members, progressive activists, the civil rights community, environmentalists, people of faith, students and others to restore the rights and standard of living of working families.
Oct 1, 2011
Top 10 Reasons to Take Action
10) To show our children we really can change the world, or at least our part of it.
9) To remind corporations and elected officials that ordinary people do make a difference.
Oct 1, 2011
‘I’m Mad and I’m Not Going to Take It Anymore’
Jeanette Spoor could be living a life of leisure in retirement. Instead she’s at rallies, on picket lines, meeting with allies to build coalitions of activists and, most recently, helping lead protests against a New York congresswoman who wants to kill Medicare.
“I just don’t think I could go to sleep at night without giving it my best shot,” says Spoor, the president of CWA Local 1103’s Retired Members’ Chapter. “I have stamina and energy and I’m going to fight for what I believe in.”
Oct 1, 2011
‘I Can’t Think About Pain. I Think About Helping People’
Trading lazy summer days for the chance to make a difference, CWA activists turned up the heat on lawmakers at “August Accountability” events from coast to coast.
Together with allies, they packed town hall meetings, protested outside politicians’ district offices, leafleted at airports, wrote letters and made phone calls throughout August and early September. And now they’re ready for more.
Aug 18, 2011
Attention: Alcatel-Lucent Medicare-Eligible Plan Participants
Important information about your health care benefits.
Jul 28, 2011
CWA Virtual Town Hall with Pelosi to Kick Off Action-Filled August
Kicking off an action-packed month in the battles to protect workers and retirees, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi will join CWA by phone for a virtual town hall meeting next Thursday, Aug. 4.
Jul 28, 2011
NY Retirees Protest Congresswoman’s Medicare, Social Security Votes
Several CWA retirees got a jump start on August Accountability Month, joining a coalition of activists last week at the office of a New York congresswoman who voted for the Paul Ryan budget and its attacks on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
May 26, 2011
GOP Medicare Scheme Backfires as NY Dem Wins Race for Congress
The Republican agenda to kill Medicare, trample workers' rights and cut millionaires' taxes at the expense of everyone else took a well-earned beating in upstate New York on Tuesday, as a Democrat comfortably won the special election for a U.S. House seat the GOP has held for generations.
Dec 2, 2010
Fortune Magazine Editor: Don’t Gamble Social Security in the Stock Market
As talk of privatizing Social Security heats up again, a Fortune magazine editor and Washington Post business columnist is warning that it’s a foolish idea that would threaten the financial security of future retirees.
Dec 2, 2010
Corporate-Owned St. Louis Paper Pulls Plug – Again—on Retiree Health Care
Just in time for the holidays, the corporate owner of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is yanking union- negotiated medical coverage from scores of retirees, telling retirees they’ll have to cough up 100 percent of the premium cost.
Nov 23, 2010
Ten Reasons the Social Security Proposal of the Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Should be DOA
The Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs’ Social Security proposals are an equal opportunity disaster. So soon after an angry electorate has expressed its frustration with a Washington political class that does not appear to be listening, it totally ignores the will of the people. Poll after poll has shown that Democrats, Republicans, and Independents reject the punitive cuts in America’s economic security that the co-chairs have proposed. Read more to find out the top ten problems with their proposals.
Nov 10, 2010
The Race for a Cure goes Mobile!
Gayle Crawley, Chair of the National Women’s Committee, is involved in the race to find a cure for breast cancer. Like too many in CWA, her local has been touched by this disease, which kills someone in the world every 69 seconds. The National Women’s Committee invites all of CWA to keep up to date with the latest technological advances for this important cause.
Jul 15, 2010
Court Orders Visteon to Negotiate Over Retiree Benefits
In a huge victory for 2,100 IUE-CWA retirees who worked at Visteon Corp. in Indiana, the U.S. Court of Appeals found that the company illegally terminated retiree health and life insurance benefits.
May 27, 2010
Check Out these New ‘Ready for the Future’ Proposals!
As a result of feedback and comments from CWA locals and members, we have made some changes to the most recent Ready for the Future proposals that will be considered by delegates at the 2010 CWA Convention.
May 27, 2010
Health Benefits Restored for 140 Windstream Retirees, CWA Keeps up Fight
CWA has won a round in the fight to safeguard retiree health care at Windstream. Windstream is restoring health benefits to about 140 retirees who had worked at the company's former GTE properties in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The retirees, represented by CWA Local 6171, are among the 3,000 Windstream retirees affected by the company's plan to terminate retiree health care in July.
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CWA President Larry Cohen on MSNBC’s The ED Show
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Verizon Update - August 18, 2011
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Funeral for the middle class at Ivan Seidenberg’s house
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MSNBC: Verizon workers in sixth day of strike
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Verizon Workers Fight Back
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