Jun 21, 2012
American Airlines agents and supporters rallied today outside the U.S. District Court in Ft. Worth, Tex., then went inside where Judge Terry Means was hearing American Airlines’ case for a preliminary injunction that would further stop the 10,000 agents from their exercising democratic right to vote.
Jun 21, 2012
Workers at the General Electric switchgear plant in Burlington, Iowa did everything they could to save their company, even taking pay cuts of 30-50 percent to keep the plant running.
Jun 14, 2012
The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Terry Means granting a temporary restraining order to block the vote by nearly 10,000 passenger service agents at American Airlines means workers, not American Airlines, will suffer irreparable harm – the standard for such an order.
Jun 14, 2012
The decision by a U.S. District Court Judge granting a temporary restraining order to block the vote by nearly 10,000 passenger service agents means workers, not American Airlines, will suffer irreparable harm – the standard for such an order. Clearly the airline is afraid of workers having their democratic vote and has been fighting hard to stop it.
Jun 12, 2012
American Airlines is back in court, trying again to stop 10,000 passenger service agents from exercising their right to vote in a democratic, union representation election. After losing at every turn, the airline now is seeking a preliminary injunction and restraining order to stop the agents’ vote, but its motion is based on claims that have been discredited by Senate leaders responsible for making congressional intent clear.
Jun 7, 2012
In a big victory for democracy and the right to vote, the National Mediation Board on Wednesday decided to move forward with the union representation election for nearly 10,000 American Airlines agents – despite the carrier’s efforts to block the vote.
Jun 7, 2012
Should labor organizing be a civil right? The authors of a book answering that very question — “Why Labor Organizing Should Be a Civil Right: Rebuilding a Middle-Class Democracy by Enhancing Worker Voice” – are now petitioning the Democratic Party to make it a platform issue.
Jun 6, 2012
Democracy rules! 10,000 American Airlines agents will get their right to vote in democratic union representation election.
Jun 6, 2012
We've heard a lot of back and forth about what the Wisconsin vote means. It's clear to us at the Communications Workers of America that it means that the 1 percent can reach into just about every aspect of our political lives.
Jun 6, 2012
CWA is gearing up its efforts to document how American Airlines is denying its employees their legal right to vote for union representation.
Jun 1, 2012
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and two Ranking Members call on American Airlines to stop delaying the democratic, union representation elections that passenger service agents want and the NMB ordered.
May 31, 2012
CWA President Larry Cohen talks about taking back our democracy at the National People’s Action conference.
May 31, 2012
CWA activists’ get-out-the-vote efforts have gone into overdrive in the last few days before Wisconsin’s recall election.
May 24, 2012
Nearly 400 AT&T Mobility retail store workers in Mississippi and Wyoming have chosen CWA representation.
May 17, 2012
American Airlines is still refusing to hand over mailing labels to the National Mediation Board so that passenger service agents can vote on union representation. So workers took matters into their own hands.
May 17, 2012
In a fight with the most anti-union governor in their history of their contract, CWA New Jersey state workers successfully preserved the integrity and enforceability of decades of collective bargaining.
May 17, 2012
Bargaining continued for a first contract for 15 CWA-TU technicians at T-Mobile USA in Connecticut.
May 17, 2012
A federal judge threw out even the modest changes that the National Labor Relations Board approved last year to ensure that workers have fair and timely elections.
May 10, 2012
In a big victory for Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile workers, ver.di — the union representing more than 2 million workers — announced a tentative agreement with DT that provides for a 6.5 percent pay increase over two years for 50,000 workers in Germany. Negotiations are continuing for workers at DT's T-Systems unit.
May 10, 2012
With less than a month until Wisconsin's recall election, CWA activists have been working around the clock to get Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office.
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