Dec 1, 2010
Piedmont Agents Vote ‘CWA Yes’
The 3,000 fleet and passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines have a CWA voice, after overwhelmingly voting “CWA yes” in the National Mediation Board election.
Dec 1, 2010
American and Eagle Agents Know A Union Makes a Difference
Buoyed by Piedmont agents’ successful campaign to win a CWA voice, 12,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines and American Eagle are building support among their co-workers for CWA representation.
Dec 1, 2010
Organizing Doubles CWA Membership at Helena Labs
At Helena Laboratories in Beaumont, Texas, signing up new members has sometimes been tough. But Local 6139 has shown that persistence pays off. Through a concerted effort to build power at the bargaining table, this year, the local has doubled the number of CWAers at Helena to 203, raising membership to 54 percent of the unit.
Dec 1, 2010
Expanding Broadband Top Priority In CWA, Sierra Club Partnership
In a win-win-win proposition for workers, consumers and the environment, CWA and the Sierra Club are working together to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed broadband networks.
Dec 1, 2010
CWA Presses Senate on Bargaining Rights for Public Safety Officers
The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, S. 1611, which would provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers, has bi-partisan support and even a number of Republican Senator co-sponsors.
Dec 1, 2010
Download the Winter 2010 Issue of the CWA News!
The Winter 2010 version of The CWA News is available for download in full-color PDF. You can also view the articles here.
Dec 1, 2010
‘Right to Know’ Bill Could Save, Restore U.S. Call Center Jobs
If U.S. companies had to tell you they were transferring your customer service call overseas, would those employers think twice about offshoring their call centers?
Dec 1, 2010
CWA: Tax Changes a Big Priority In Post-Election Session
CWA and allies are fighting for some specific tax fixes that will help working and middle class families, and small business, as the 111th Congress finishes work for the year.
Dec 1, 2010
Growing Momentum To Fix Senate Rules
The campaign to reform the Senate rules is gaining ground and new supporters. CWA is working as part of a coalition that includes Sierra Club, Common Cause, US?Action, Progressive Congress.org and others.
Dec 1, 2010
Good Jobs Start With Union Training
Skill training offered at the IUE-CWA Service Center in Dayton, Ohio, has gotten rave reviews from employers and workers who were able to find quality jobs after graduating from the program.
Oct 1, 2010
Download the Fall 2010 Issue of the CWA News!
The Fall 2010 version of The CWA News is available for download in full-color PDF. You can also view the articles here.
Oct 1, 2010
Working Together: One Nation, Working Together for Progressive Change on Nov. 2
The One Nation Working Together rally at the Lincoln Memorial was incredible. There was so much energy, much of it coming from the more than 10,000 CWAers determined to work with our allies to restore jobs and justice to working families. Workers and activists from civil and human rights communities, religious groups, the green community and many more, were one loud voice for jobs, justice and a government that works for us all. We can’t be ignored.
Oct 1, 2010
Using Senate Rules to Block Debate and Votes
Check out this list to see just how the Senate rules block a majority of senators from taking up important measures and getting the people’s business done. Unanimous consent. All 100 senators must agree that the business of the Senate will go forward. One senator can stop bills, nominations, appointments, even ordinary actions like naming a post office.
Oct 1, 2010
Senate Rules and Filibuster Aren’t in the Constitution
Senate rules, and especially the rules about filibuster and debate, have changed a lot over our nation’s history.
Oct 1, 2010
How the Abuse of Senate Rules Harms All of Us
The current Senate rules haven’t been changed for decades. They just don’t work in today’s super-charged political climate. In past years, our nation was able to move forward on landmark legislation that put in place workers’ rights, civil rights, retirement security for seniors and so much more. Today, we only see outrageous obstruction, like this:
Oct 1, 2010
Why Reforming the Senate Rules Matters
For workers, the minority’s ability (40 votes) to endlessly block key nominations made by the Obama administration has a real cost. Even without this abuse of the rules by the minority, workers fighting for economic justice must wait much too long under the National Labor Relations Board process to get their jobs back after being wrongly fired or to finally get a union voice.
Oct 1, 2010
How Did We Get Here?
The Senate has been called “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” Today, it barely functions. That’s a sharp contrast from what the Founding Fathers intended. When they drafted the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were determined to avoid the paralysis of the “supermajority” requirements contained in the Articles of Confederation.
Oct 1, 2010
Top Ten Ways to Bring the Senate to its Knees
Obstruction tactic No. 1—Endless Debate The word “debate” does not mean much in the United States Senate. Rather than being a free exchange of ideas intended to convince other senators of one position or another, most Senate debate time is occupied by senators giving closely vetted speeches to an almost-entirely empty chamber. Nevertheless, the Senate rules make it very difficult to stop the serial speeches and actually hold a vote. Unless at least 60 senators agree to hold a vote, the speeches go on forever.
Oct 1, 2010
Why The U.S. Senate Isn’t Working
Just how bad are things today in the Senate? If the climate of obstructionism in the Senate that exists today represented how that body has always operated, landmark legislation that brought social and economic justice to millions of Americans would never have been enacted. Organizing and bargaining rights through the National Labor Relations Act. Secure retirement and health care for older Americans that resulted from the Social Security and Medicare programs. An end to years of discrimination endured by people of color through the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Oct 1, 2010
One Nation Working Together
At the Lincoln Memorial, more than 10,000 CWAers were a sea of red. We are One Nation with civil rights and community activists, teachers, environmentalists, members of faith groups and many more. We know our voices can’t be ignored and on Nov. 2, we’ll be One Nation Working Together again, and will elect leaders who will support the fight for jobs, justice and an economy that works for all.
