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Top Reasons to Support the House Health Care Plan
Here's how the health care plan that the House of Representatives passed will benefit CWA members: |
11/12/09 |
Senate Votes FMLA for Flight Attendants
After a 16-year delay, flight attendants are about to win Family and Medical Leave Act protections after the Senate voted to extend coverage to airline workers. |
11/12/09 |
CWA District 6 Members Ratify Contract at AT&T Southwest
District 6 CWA members ratified a new four-year agreement covering 27,000 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Southwest. The settlement was ratified by a majority vote. |
11/12/09 |
Keep Those Calls and Letters Coming
Last week was another incredible week for CWA activists contacting their members of Congress about real health care reform. CWAers made more than 4,000 calls to key House members who were undecided about their support for H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The final vote 220 yes, 215 no. |
11/12/09 |
'Sockville' DVD for Kids Helps Support Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Treat a youngster you love to the silliness of Sockville, an award-winning DVD. At the same time you can support CWA's charity of choice, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. |
11/12/09 |
NY Dish Network Techs, West VA ABC Officers Join CWA
Technicians at Dish Network in Queens, N.Y. and enforcement officers from the West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control administration have won CWA representation.
More than 60 Dish Network technicians beat back a strong anti-union campaign to win representation with CWA Local 1106 in an NLRB election. Dish management illegally conducted captive-audience meetings less than 24 hours before the election and also promised workers a big raise if they voted "no." The Dish techs were assisted by Local 1106 President Tony Caudullo and Vice President Jerry Bulzomi. |
11/05/09 |
Online Auction Aids Flight Attendants in Need
The Pegasus Project "Heroes of the Heart" Online Holiday Charity Auction is open for bids from now through Nov. 30. |
11/05/09 |
CWA Takes on Verizon Over FMLA Abuses
CWA has filed a lawsuit charging Verizon Communications with denying workers the rights and protections of the Family and Medical Leave Act. The class action lawsuit covers Verizon workers in Districts 1, 2 and 13. |
11/05/09 |
Big Breakthrough: NMB Proposes Majority Vote for Airline Worker Elections
The National Mediation Board this week proposed a rule change to bring real democracy to union elections in the airline and railroad industries.
Under the NMB proposal, workers would vote either "Yes" or "No" in a union representation election. The outcome would be determined by a majority of votes cast, just as elections for public office now are conducted. |
11/05/09 |
Employee Free Choice is Major League
No matter who you liked in the World Series, one thing is clear. Major League baseball players are on the side of working women and men when it comes to Employee Free Choice. This ad, which ran in national newspapers, featured baseball players who believe all Americans should have the same opportunity they've had—to be able to join a union without being fired and to negotiate with their employers without being penalized. |
11/05/09 |
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