Dallas CWAers Rally at DISH Sites to Support Workers' Fight for Union

Members of CWA Locals in Dallas rallied to support DISH Network employees fighting for a CWA voice. In early morning rallies in North Richland Hills, above, and Farmers Branch, below, CWAers called on DISH to bargain fair contracts with the DISH workers.

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.

Members of Locals 6171 and 6215 gathered at 6 a.m. outside the Farmers Branch and North Richland Hills worksites, drawing some media attention as they greeted arriving workers. Flyers explained how CWA is battling the company’s vicious union-busting campaign and announced a National Labor Relations Board hearing set for Jan. 18 on the many unfair labor practice charges filed by CWA.

Since the workers voted for a CWA voice, DISH has pulled out every union-busting trick in the book, cutting workers’ hours while shifting work to contractors and refusing to fill jobs when workers have been fired or quit.

The NLRB certified the CWA election at Farmers Branch in May, but DISH is stalling at the bargaining table. In North Richland Hills, workers are still waiting for their vote to be certified.