Oct 1, 2012
Why I’m an Activist
Two CWA Members highlighted for their activism.
Oct 1, 2012
What happens if GOP’s voter suppression works?
Suppose Mitt Romney ekes out a victory in November by a margin smaller than the number of young and minority voters who couldn’t cast ballots because the photo-identification laws enacted by Republican governors and legislators kept them from the polls. What should Democrats do then? What would Republicans do? And how would other nations respond?
Oct 1, 2012
CWA, Allies to Register 25,000 New Pennsylvania Voters
CWA partnered with the Pennsylvania NAACP, Transport Workers Union and Amalgamated Transit Union to register 25,000 new voters in the Keystone State.
Oct 1, 2012
More Wins for Workers
Over the past four years, the Obama administration has moved to protect workers’ rights, pay, health and safety on the job in these areas:
Oct 1, 2012
CWAers Running for Office
Karla May, Legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives running for reelection in District 84, Union steward for CWA Local 6300.
Oct 1, 2012
Get Money Out of Politics
Big corporate money is working to silence the political voice of working people — again.
Sep 30, 2012
Presidential Candidates on the Issues
Do we want more tax breaks for the wealthy? Do we want to gut the Medicare and Social Security safety net for millions of Americans? Or do we want an economic recovery in which we participate? This page presents the facts about the presidential candidates.
Jun 29, 2012
T-Mobile Campaign: The Difference That Real Bargaining Rights Make
Deutsche Telekom (DT) and T-Mobile workers in Germany, members of ver.di, won a 6.5 percent pay increase over two years, with talks continuing for workers at DT’s T-Systems unit.
Jun 29, 2012
AT&T Workers: Fighting to Hold onto the American Dream
AT&T contract negotiations have gone into overtime, but so has mobilization by CWA members and allies. As the CWA News went to press June 18, separate negotiations are continuing covering CWA members in District 4, AT&T Midwest; District 9, AT&T West; Telecommunications and Technologies, AT&T Legacy, and District 1, AT&T East.
Jun 29, 2012
What is 99% Power?
Two months ago, CWA Local 6355 President Bradley Harmon was one of the tens of thousands of Americans who gathered in houses of worship, college dorms, living rooms and union halls to learn about the a new movement called the 99 Percent Spring. At the day-long training, he studied the roots of the nation’s economic crisis. He learned how to design a non-violent, direct action.
Jun 29, 2012
99 Percent Shareholder Spring
This spring, there were incredible demonstrations against corporate greed at shareholder meetings and corporate offices from coast to coast. Fresh out of 99 Percent Spring training, workers, veterans, families facing foreclosure, retirees who lost their pensions, students and immigrants stood up to the CEOs and top executives of major American corporations in a series of coordinated actions across the country. Activists are holding the 1 percent responsible not only for the nation’s shaky economy, but for our broken democracy, which allows corporations to call all the shots. Here are some highlights:
Jun 29, 2012
CWA, Allies Protest TPP Trade Pact
Hundreds of international trade ministers and corporate lobbyists continue to meet to hammer out an international trade pact that could restrict Internet freedom, encourage U.S. companies to ship even more jobs overseas, reduce access to life-saving medicines, weaken environmental law and kill “Buy American” policies.
Jun 29, 2012
Who is 99 Percent Power? We All Are.
Jobs With Justice • United Auto Workers • National Peoples Action • National Domestic Workers Alliance • MoveOn.org • New Organizing Institute • Movement Strategy Center • The Other 98% • Service Employees International Union • AFL-CIO • Rebuild the Dream • Color of Change • UNITE-HERE •
Jun 29, 2012
Why We Need Unions
The age of inequality has coincided with a dramatic decline in the power of organized labor. Union membership in the United States reached its historic peak in 1979 at about 21 million, representing about 21 percent of the workforce. Today membership stands at about 15 million and represents about 12 percent. When you exclude public-employee unions (more than half of all union members today work not for a private company but for the government), union membership has dropped to about 7 percent of the private-sector workforce.
Jun 26, 2012
Working Together: Lessons from Wisconsin
June 5 was a dark day as GOP Gov. Scott Walker won his recall election. Wisconsin must be a huge wakeup call for all of us — for the labor movement, and for our progressive allies and partners. Wisconsin sadly demonstrated that the 1 percent can reach into just about every aspect of our lives.
Jun 26, 2012
Now is the Time to Make Workers’ Rights a Civil Right
As long as conservatives try to paint unions as greedy self-interested institutions — “special interests” just after their slice of the pie — labor law reform is unlikely to spark a romantic association for progressives.
Jun 26, 2012
Taking on the 1% in the States
Across the country, lawmakers and governors are pushing for legislation that guts workers’ collective bargaining rights, benefits and pensions. They’re attacking on voting rights, immigrants and a fair tax system. But CWA and activists allies are launching initiatives and building coalitions to fight back, working to restore economic and social justice and democracy.
Jun 21, 2012
T-Mobile USA Shuts Down Seven Call Centers
T-Mobile USA will shut down seven call centers on Friday, June 22 affecting 3,300 workers and their communities. The call centers are Allentown, Pa.; Thornton, Colo.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Frisco and Brownsville, Tex.; Lenexa, Kan.; and Redmond, Ore.
Apr 9, 2012
A day of stress and a long drive home
In West Virginia, CWA members of Local 2055 work in corrections, juvenile services and at regional jails. They face a tough job every day, one that’s getting harder due to staff shortages and overcrowding, especially at the regional jails.
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