Jan 20, 2011
In the wake of the merger between United and Continental Airlines, AFA-CWA is seeking an election to bring Continental's 9,300 flight attendants into the union and ensure that they have all the benefits and advocacy that AFA provides.
Jan 20, 2011
Members of the International Trade Union Confederation and Council of Global Unions are meeting with U.S. union leaders this week in Washington, focusing on ways to support international organizing campaigns and take on multinational companies.
Jan 20, 2011
The National Labor Relations Board is threatening lawsuits against four states for violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution in their attempts to restrict the rights of workers to organize unions.
Dec 22, 2010
CWA members at AT&T Advertising Solutions, formerly AT&T Yellow Pages, and AT&T Internet Services have overwhelming ratified separate agreements. Members had voted down earlier tentative agreements; bargaining resumed and new settlements were reached.
Dec 16, 2010
A unit of 53 Budget Rental Car workers represented by IUE-CWA Local 81201 at Logan Airport beat back a management-supported campaign to get rid of their union, and voted 25-18 to keep their IUE-CWA voice. A strong rank and file campaign that included house visits and a public letter of support signed by 26 workers was key to the victory. Workers at Budget first organized in October 2009.
Dec 16, 2010
In a welcome about-face from the kind of rulings issued by the National Labor Relations Board under the Bush Administration, the NLRB has strongly endorsed workers' ability to choose union representation through majority sign up.
Dec 16, 2010
Hundreds of TNG-CWA journalists at The Associated Press are taking part in a national "byline boycott" this week, removing their names from stories and photos to protest the news service’s attempt to slash pension and medical benefits.
Dec 16, 2010
NABET-CWA members who stood strong through months of tough bargaining at PBS have ratified a new contract with 5 percent wage hikes over three years in addition to significant wage adjustments for many employees.
Dec 9, 2010
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
Aren’t workers in South Carolina covered by the National Labor Relations Act? You know, the law passed in 1935 that says workers have the right to join a union and bargain collectively?
Dec 3, 2010
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.
Dec 2, 2010
CWAers nationwide are working hard to push the U.S. Senate to act on a measure giving public safety officers collective bargaining rights. Hundreds of phone calls and handwritten letters have been sent to Senators, pressing for a vote on the bill.
Nov 24, 2010
AFA-CWA filed formal interference charges with the National Mediation Board this week against Delta Air Lines, charging that the airline used intimidation and other unlawful tactics to coerce workers and influence the vote during the union election among 20,000 flight attendants. Flight attendants came within 328 votes of winning an AFA-CWA voice
Nov 24, 2010
TNG-CWA members who include some of the San Francisco Chronicle’s best-known journalists are using Facebook to tell their story in a bargaining battle that’s now six months old.
Nov 4, 2010
Fighting against fierce management intimidation, Delta Air Lines flight attendants came within 328 votes of winning an AFA-CWA voice and bargaining rights. The vote was 9,216 for union representation and 9,544 for no union. The turnout was huge, about 94 percent of the more than 20,000 eligible flight attendants voted in the National Mediation Board election.
Nov 4, 2010
Rainy weather didn’t stop CWA members from rallying outside two DISH Network locations near Dallas, Texas, this week, to support DISH employees in their fight for the CWA voice and bargaining rights they voted for in February.
Nov 4, 2010
The AFL-CIO and Mexico’s independent labor federation UNT, Unión Nacional de Trabajadores, have signed a joint action plan to help rebuild the industrial base in the United States and Mexico, ensure workers’ rights and coordinate bargaining across borders. The agreement builds on years of joint work between U.S. and Mexican unions, in particular, CWA’s long working relationship with STRM, the independent union of telephone workers.
Nov 3, 2010
CWA challenges Congress to get to work now to help build an economy that works for everyone.
Oct 28, 2010
CWA’s discussions with CenturyLink, the company formed by the acquisition between CenturyLink and Qwest Communications, have resulted in management agreeing to provide greater job security for workers and to invest in broadband buildout, especially in rural and other underserved areas.
Oct 28, 2010
Lots of election results next week. Ballots will be counted on Nov. 3 in the election covering 21,000 flight attendants at Delta Air Lines, which merged with Northwest earlier this year. For the nearly 14,000 Delta flight attendants, a victory will mean union representation for the first time, and Northwest’s 7,000 AFA-CWA flight attendants will keep the bargaining rights they’ve had for more than 50 years.
