Mar 11, 2010

AFA-CWA: Flight Attendants’ Dangerous Work Needs OSHA Protection

At an "OSHA Listens" forum, federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration staff got a clear message from AFA-CWA about the government's failure to provide basic OSHA coverage to flight attendants.

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Mar 11, 2010

CWA Members at AT&T Southeast Ratify New Contract

CWAers in District 3 ratified a new three-year agreement covering 35,000 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Southeast, the BellSouth Telecommunications unit. The settlement was ratified by a 65 percent vote.

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Mar 11, 2010

Mississippi State Workers Put Budget-Slashing Lawmakers on Notice

After three years with no raises and new threats of job and benefit cuts, state workers in Mississippi are demanding that legislators balance the budget without putting employees and the people they serve in jeopardy.

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Mar 11, 2010

CWAers Take Stand for Fired Rhode Island Teachers

CWA is standing with teachers and education staff at Rhode Island's Central Falls High School as they fight to get back to the negotiating table and after being fired last month.

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Mar 11, 2010

Judge Urges Illinois to Reject ‘Risky’ Verizon-Frontier Sale

An administrative law judge recommended that the Illinois Commerce Commission reject the proposed merger of Frontier Communications and Verizon Communications. Verizon wants to sell its landlines in 14 states to Frontier in a deal that CWA says would be a disaster for consumers, workers and quality service.

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Mar 16, 2010

CWA: FCC Broadband Plan Will Help the U.S. Regain its Standing in Internet Age

The Federal Communications Commission's National Broadband Plan is a good roadmap of the 21st Century broadband networks our nation needs for economic growth and to bring the U.S. up to world class standards in terms of access, speed and affordability.

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Mar 5, 2010

CWA District 3 Members Ratify Contract at AT&T Southeast

Members of the Communications Workers of America ratified a new three-year agreement with AT&T covering 35,000 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Southeast. The settlement was ratified by a 65 percent vote.

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Jan 28, 2010

CWA: Use National Broadband Plan to Bring U.S. Networks to World-Class Standards

CWA calls for achievable goal of 50 megabits per second downstream and 20 upstream by 2015, to reach 80 percent of Americans .

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Jan 25, 2010

Why the Citizens United Decision Undermines Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It

A statement by CWA President Larry Cohen on the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

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Jan 15, 2010

CWA: FCC Must Preserve an Open Internet While Promoting Investment, Quality Jobs

The Communications Workers of America expressed support for efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to protect an open Internet that are consistent with the need to promote investment in the nation's high-speed networks and create jobs.

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