http://www.cwa-union.org The latest CWA Union News. {weblog_language} Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} {gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/first_of_four_regional_good_jobs_green_jobs_conferences_opens_in_march/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/first_of_four_regional_good_jobs_green_jobs_conferences_opens_in_march/ The first of four regional Good Jobs, Green Jobs conferences sponsored by the Blue Green Alliance opens in Atlanta, Feb. 23-24. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2012-02-09T14:41:05+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/twenty_five_bipartisan_house_members_co-sponsoring_us_call_center_worker_co/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/twenty_five_bipartisan_house_members_co-sponsoring_us_call_center_worker_co/ As nearly a thousand local leaders from all 50 states swarmed Capitol Hill today, the Communications Workers of America announced the ever-growing bi-partisan support for the job creating “U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act” now includes an additional seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives who signed on this week. Call Center Bill, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics 2012-02-01T16:53:44+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bi-partisan_call_center_legislation_meets_president_obamas_call_to_insource/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bi-partisan_call_center_legislation_meets_president_obamas_call_to_insource/ In his State of The Union address and a series of events around the nation, President Barack Obama has noted the damages inflicted by the trend of off-shoring American jobs and has called for companies to reinvest in American workers by focusing on domestic insourcing. Call Center Bill, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2012-01-27T20:01:55+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_commends_president_obamas_state_of_the_union_remarks/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_commends_president_obamas_state_of_the_union_remarks/ The Communications Workers of America commends President Obama for his focus on creating an America that is built to last with an economy that works for everyone, not just a wealthy few. In addition, an America built to last cannot be one in which corporate money determines who is elected and what issues are debated. Secure, Sustainable Jobs, The Occupy Movement, Corporate Money In Politics 2012-01-25T02:00:20+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/environmental_groups_unions_support_presidents_decision_on_keystone_xl/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/environmental_groups_unions_support_presidents_decision_on_keystone_xl/ A group of unions and environmental organizations issued this statement on the Obama administration's decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics 2012-01-18T21:57:03+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/icymi_a_bi-partisan_jobs_bill_to_protect_u._consumers_communities/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/icymi_a_bi-partisan_jobs_bill_to_protect_u._consumers_communities/ In the rush before the holidays, you may have missed a rarity these days in Washington – the introduction of an actual, honest-to-God, bi-partisan bill focused on U.S. jobs. Call Center Bill, Customer Service, Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics 2012-01-09T18:04:21+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_supports_new_bi-partisan_call_center_jobs_legislation/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_supports_new_bi-partisan_call_center_jobs_legislation/ The Communications Workers of America is strongly backing new, bi-partisan legislation introduced in the House of Representatives today that would ban federal grants and loans to corporations who move U.S. call center jobs overseas. CWA represents 700,000 workers in telecommunications and other sectors; more than 150,000 are customer service professionals. Call Center Bill, Customer Service, Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Telecommunications, AT&T Mobility, AT&T, Unity@Verizon, CenturyLink, United at Frontier 2011-12-07T21:01:57+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_todays_jobless_report_shows_real_need_for_job_creating_mergers_like_att/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_todays_jobless_report_shows_real_need_for_job_creating_mergers_like_att/ Our government should address anti-trust concerns as part of the AT&T/T-Mobile deal and move to seize the real opportunity of increased jobs, investment and economic development. Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics, Telecom Policy 2011-12-02T18:35:58+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/local_1109_president_invited_to_white_house_for_meeting_on_jobs_bill/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/local_1109_president_invited_to_white_house_for_meeting_on_jobs_bill/ Calling it the "experience of a lifetime," a CWA local president was among two dozen union members invited to the White House on Tuesday afternoon to meet with President Obama about the American Jobs Act. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-11-03T13:33:28+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_alliance_for_green_manufacturing_training_exceeds_goals/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_alliance_for_green_manufacturing_training_exceeds_goals/ At a conference in Dayton, Ohio, last week, the nation's leading employment and training experts from industry, higher education, government, and labor praised CWA's landmark Alliance for Green Manufacturing Skills Training program for providing valuable skills and job placements for workers devastated by layoffs during the 2007-2011 recession. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-27T13:46:02+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/conference_jobs_inequality_and_the_role_of_government/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/conference_jobs_inequality_and_the_role_of_government/ Soon after his State of the Union address in January, President Obama released an updated "Strategy for American Innovation." In the same month, the Department of Commerce was tasked with completing a comprehensive study by January 2012. An Innovation Advisory Board of private citizens was created to work in consultation with the Department of Commerce on this important report. To help inform the consultation process for the report, the Communications Workers of America – which has a seat on the Innovation Advisory Board –co-sponsored a half-day conference with Georgetown University's Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor and the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-20T19:24:03+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/unions_help_build_occupy_movement_send_us_photos_from_your_city/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/unions_help_build_occupy_movement_send_us_photos_from_your_city/ With a focus on good jobs, fair taxes and other policies to rebuild America's middle class, CWA and other unions are helping the Occupy Wall Street movement grow, from Boston to Austin and cities up and down the West Coast. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Human Rights, International Solidarity, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, The Occupy Movement, Legislation and Politics 2011-10-20T14:15:42+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/biden_rallies_with_supporters_of_back_to_work_act/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/biden_rallies_with_supporters_of_back_to_work_act/ An overflow crowd of teachers, firefighters, police officers and union activists, including CWAers, joined Vice President Joe Biden for a rally inside the Russell Senate Building on Wednesday to call for passage of the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act (S. 1723). Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics 2011-10-20T14:09:56+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/singing_cwaers_spell_out_demand_for_j-o-b-s_at_iowa_city_rally/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/singing_cwaers_spell_out_demand_for_j-o-b-s_at_iowa_city_rally/ Merging classic disco with the fight for good jobs, District 7 CWA members attending training in Iowa made a big splash at a rally last Friday with their J-O-B-S version of the Village People's "YMCA." Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-13T13:32:30+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/oct._15_march_to_dcs_new_mlk_memorial_will_focus_on_jobs_justice/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/oct._15_march_to_dcs_new_mlk_memorial_will_focus_on_jobs_justice/ CWA members will join fellow activists for workers' rights and social justice in a march to the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., memorial on the National Mall on Saturday, Oct. 15, an event postponed in August due to Hurricane Irene. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Human Rights, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-06T13:49:26+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/click_here_a_workers_roundup_of_the_webs_best7/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/click_here_a_workers_roundup_of_the_webs_best7/ How many bridges in your state are structurally deficient? You might be shocked to find out that the numbers are in the thousands. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-06T13:37:48+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_its_all_about_movement_building/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_its_all_about_movement_building/ It’s all about movement building It will take all of us, union members, progressive activists, the civil rights community, environmentalists, people of faith, students and others to restore the rights and standard of living of working families. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Bargaining/Companies, Unity@Verizon, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Retired Members Council 2011-10-01T19:19:19+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/top_10_reasons_to_take_action/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/top_10_reasons_to_take_action/ 10) To show our children we really can change the world, or at least our part of it. 9) To remind corporations and elected officials that ordinary people do make a difference. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Human Rights, International Solidarity, Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Retired Members Council, Health Care, Legislation and Politics, Telecommunications 2011-10-01T19:17:21+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/Its_Cool_to_Be_in_a_Union/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/Its_Cool_to_Be_in_a_Union/ Young Verizon Worker Embraces Her New Union Timothy Staples — her first name comes from a flowering grass — never had a union at work until she got a job last February at a Verizon call center in Salisbury, Md. Bargaining/Companies, Unity@Verizon, Unity@Verizon Mobilization, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-01T19:15:19+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/why_are_you_supporting_the_competition_mom/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/why_are_you_supporting_the_competition_mom/ Standing with Verizon/Verizon Wireless Workers an Education for Kids and Grown-Ups Kathy Hayes works for AT&T Mobility in Champaign, Ill., and Stan Wylie works for CenturyLink in Seattle, but it would be easy to mistake them lately for Verizon/Verizon Wireless workers. Bargaining/Companies, AT&T Mobility, Unity@Verizon, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-01T19:14:25+00:00