Mar 19, 2010

Solidarity Alert!

Flight attendants at British Airways who are members of the British union Unite have given strike notice for March 20-22 and March 27-30, said AFA-CWA, and during those periods, any British Airways flight that is operating will be crewed by scab labor. So mark your calendars and please do not fly British Airways on those dates.

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Mar 18, 2010

ACS/XEROX Rehires Fired Union Activists

Fourteen EZ Pass union activists who were fired without warning March 8 at the company's Staten Island, N.Y. call center by ACS/Xerox, their employer, got their jobs back this week thanks to a big public backlash that targeted the company's brazen and illegal tactics.

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Mar 18, 2010

FCC Plan Can Help Restore US Standing in High-Speed Broadband

The Federal Communications Commission's just-released National Broadband Plan is a good roadmap for the 21st Century broadband networks our nation needs for jobs and economic development. It's a start to bringing the United States up to world class standards in terms of access, speed and affordability.

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Mar 18, 2010

Verizon-West Bargaining Continues Past Contract Expiration

CWA members at Verizon West are gearing up their mobilization to support the fight for a fair contract as negotiations for 5,500 workers continued this week past the Mar. 13 contract expiration.

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Mar 18, 2010

More Workers Join CWA

Workers at three companies in CWA District 4 now have CWA representation; their employers agreed to CWA recognition when a majority of workers demonstrated that they wanted a union voice.

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Mar 17, 2010

CWA Joins with UNI Finance as they Launch Global Effort Aimed at Improving Lives of Bank Workers

The Communications Workers of America today joined in solidarity with unions from around the world representing 20 countries in Latin America, North America, Europe and Asia, that have gathered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as UNI Finance launches an historic global effort aimed at improving the lives of hundreds of thousands of bank workers.

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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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