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.
Oct 4, 2011
Communications Workers of America Endorses Occupy Wall Street Movement
Building a movement! CWA endorses Occupy Wall Street movement, activists join CWAers at Verizon Wireless leafleting.
Sep 15, 2011
Dayton Guild: A Quarter-Century of Solidarity Against All Odds
Despite one of the longest contract battles in union history, members of the Dayton Newspaper Guild-CWA at the Dayton Daily News remain tenacious and determined.
Sep 8, 2011
Electronic Warfare Techs Celebrate Labor Day by Joining IUE-CWA
Just in time for Labor Day, 35 electronic warfare technicians working at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps military bases in Arizona and California organized with IUE-CWA.
Sep 1, 2011
Frontier Flight Attendants Ratify First Contract; Progress at Ryan, Omni
Frontier Airlines flight attendants represented by the AFA-CWA have ratified a first contract with strong job security language, a grievance procedure and other protections.
Sep 1, 2011
Techs Join CWA in Ohio and Wyoming; Media Workers Join in New York
Technicians at ADT and AT&T Mobility organized with CWA over the last week in campaigns in Ohio and Wyoming.
Jul 21, 2011
T-Mobile Connecticut Techs Form First U.S. T-Mobile Union
T-Mobile technicians in Connecticut became the company's first U.S. workers with union representation, voting this week to join CWA-TU.
Jul 21, 2011
San Francisco-Area Online Journalists Join The Newspaper Guild-CWA
Workers at a San Francisco Bay Area news website have voted to join TNG-CWA, illustrating how The Newspaper Guild is evolving to serve media workers in today's ever-changing industry.
Jul 19, 2011
T-Mobile Workers Win Union Voice in Connecticut
T-Mobile USA technicians in Connecticut today voted for representation by the Communications Workers of America-TU. The vote was 8-7 for CWA-TU representation with one challenged ballot of a union supporter who had recently transferred into the unit. The challenge will not affect the outcome. The Connecticut technicians are the first to vote for union representation at T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile operations in Germany, owned by Deutsche Telekom, fully respect workers’ right to bargain collectively, but U.S. management historically had undertaken a campaign of delaying tactics and interference to intimidate workers. The Connecticut techs stood strong against these tactics and for a union voice.
Jul 14, 2011
Districts 2-13, 3 Honored for Big Win After 10-Year Fight at Piedmont
CWA's highest honor, the President's Annual Award, was presented this year to District 2-13 and District 3 for their exhaustive efforts over 10 years to organize more than 3,000 passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines.
Jun 30, 2011
Flight Attendants at New United Vote AFA-CWA
In the nation's largest union election in years, Flight Attendants at New United voted this week for representation with the AFA-CWA.
The National Mediation Board election covers nearly 25,000 air safety professionals at the merged airlines, joining 9,000 Continental and Continental Micronesia Flight Attendants formerly represented by the Machinists (IAM), and 16,000 AFA-CWA members from United.
Jun 24, 2011
Airport Screeners Finally Have New, Long-Sought Title: Union Members
After a decade fighting for a voice on the job, 44,000 TSA screeners at 450 airports have joined the American Federation of Government Employees in what was the largest union election ever for federal workers.
Jun 24, 2011
Workers at AT&T Mobility, Marshall Space Flight Center Join CWA
Alltel workers who came into AT&T Mobility in 2009 are continuing to join CWA.
May 26, 2011
Organizing Roundup: Facebook Helps Rural Va. Workers Join CWA
Seeking better pay, benefits and working conditions, 40 AT&T Mobility workers in southern Virginia became members of CWA Local 2204 last week through majority sign-up.
Apr 21, 2011
TOPGUN Aircraft Maintenance Workers Join IUE-CWA
Beating back their employer's anti-union campaign, workers who maintain U.S. Navy fighters in Nevada recently voted 10-1 to join IUE-CWA Local 89119.
Apr 14, 2011
Stony Brook Research Assistants Win First Contract After Long Battle
Research assistants at Stony Brook University in New York stood tough for 10 years, organizing, mobilizing and calling out management for trying to get rid of their union. Now, RAs have ratified their first contract.
Apr 7, 2011
United-Continental Flight Attendants’ Union Election to Begin Soon
The National Mediation Board has determined that United-Continental is now a single carrier, triggering the beginning of a union representation election process for the 24,000 flight attendants at the newly merged airline.
Apr 7, 2011
Workers in Oregon Fend Off Employer, Anti-Union Activists
Seeking respect and basic benefits, including sick leave and vacation time, 156 workers at Dosha Salon and Spa in Portland voted 79-66 for CWA Local 7901 in a hard-fought, 18-month campaign.
Mar 31, 2011
Transportation and Cemetery Workers Join CWA in Seattle and Omaha
Attacks on labor haven't stopped workers at even the smallest employers from wanting union representation, as evidenced by successful organizing drives at MV Transportation in Seattle and Westlawn Cemetery in Omaha, Neb.
Mar 28, 2011
Women Organize! Is Focus of White House Forum
Women at today's White House forum on women and organizing were passionate about their work and their determination to have a voice on the job.
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