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/instructions_for_leafleting_at_verizon_wireless_stores/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/instructions_for_leafleting_at_verizon_wireless_stores/ Please review the Instructions for Leafleting at Verizon Wireless Stores (click to download) before engaging in any activity at or near a Verizon Wireless store. It is very important that these instructions be followed. If you don’t understand the Instructions, please contact your District mobilization coordinator. Also, please do not go into a Verizon Wireless store while you are engaged in mobilization activity and please make sure that no one else in your group goes into the store. Our mobilization goal is to let the public know about our contract fight with Verizon Wireless and to persuade people not to buy Verizon Wireless until we get a fair contract. We are not trying to interfere with the conduct of their operations. Spread the word – but do it outside the store and follow the instructions. Thanks for your support and solidarity! 2011-12-16T16:26:01+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_thanks_members_of_congress_who_stood_with_workers/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_thanks_members_of_congress_who_stood_with_workers/ In a full page ad in Politico, the Communications Workers of America salute the members of Congress who stood up for the rights of workers, against Delta Air Lines, Republican leadership and other special interests. Although the long-term Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill, which has been a priority for CWA, passed with provisions included that amount to a vicious attack on workers' rights, 157 House members and 15 Senators stood with workers and said no. Delta Air Lines, Legislation and Politics, National Mediation Board 2012-02-08T16:12:45+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101767/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101767/ (3210OC) Network Technical Specialist, TECH 2012-02-08T15:33:36+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_senate_vote_on_faa_reauthorization_caves_in_to_ideological_agenda/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_senate_vote_on_faa_reauthorization_caves_in_to_ideological_agenda/ With today's vote, the Senate has caved in to the ideological agenda of House Speaker John Boehner and used the FAA Reauthorization process to destroy workers' rights and democracy. . Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics 2012-02-06T22:33:43+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101766/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101766/ (5220OC) CSDG Assembler, TG-7 2012-02-06T16:06:34+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101765/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101765/ (3210OC) Network Technical Specialist, TECH 2012-02-06T16:04:52+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/high_deductible_plans_force_families_to_delay_care/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/high_deductible_plans_force_families_to_delay_care/ A new study finds that adults and children are having to forgo or skip care in families covered by high deductible health care plans. Health Care 2012-02-06T15:00:51+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/despite_rising_outcry_house_advances_anti-worker_faa_bill/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/despite_rising_outcry_house_advances_anti-worker_faa_bill/ The FAA Reauthorization Bill contains a cynical attack on organizing rights that should never have even been considered. It is consistent with lobbying by Delta and the leadership of the Right Wing Majority. National Mediation Board 2012-02-03T19:09:30+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/house_approves_attack_on_workers_rights_senate_can_step_up/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/house_approves_attack_on_workers_rights_senate_can_step_up/ Despite strong Democratic opposition, the House of Representatives voted 248-169 to approve a blatant attack on workers' rights as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill. Some 157 Democrats voted against the measure. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Legislation and Politics, Senate Rules Reform 2012-02-03T14:57:25+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/activists_stand_up_fight_back_at_cwa_leg-pol_conference/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/activists_stand_up_fight_back_at_cwa_leg-pol_conference/ More than 700 CWA activists covered Capitol Hill as part of CWA's Legislative-Political conference in Washington. Their message to senators, representatives and staff: we're fighting back to restore democracy and economic justice for working families. CWA activists visited more than 350 congressional offices. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Call Center Bill, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics, Senate Rules Reform 2012-02-03T14:46:41+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_flight_attendants_reach_tentative_agreement/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_flight_attendants_reach_tentative_agreement/ AFA-CWA reached a tentative agreement with US Airways this week on a single, combined contract to unite the 6,700 Flight Attendants at the airline from US Airways and the pre-merger America West. Bargaining/Companies 2012-02-03T14:39:17+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_agent_ad-hoc_committee_gets_its_day_in_court/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_agent_ad-hoc_committee_gets_its_day_in_court/ An ad hoc committee of passenger service agents organizing for a CWA voice at American Airlines convinced a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block a huge multimillion dollar payoff by parent company AMR Corp. to financial firms working on the airline's bankruptcy reorganization. 2012-02-03T14:36:51+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/single_payer_fails_by_two_votes_in_california_senate/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/single_payer_fails_by_two_votes_in_california_senate/ Progressives in California continue the push for a better health care system. Health Care 2012-02-02T17:01:57+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101761/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101761/ (0123OC) Communications Technician TECH, TECH 2012-02-02T17:00:06+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_re-election_of_president_obama/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_re-election_of_president_obama/ The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America today endorsed the re-election of President Barack Obama as President of the United States. In a unanimous endorsement, CWA's Executive Board said: "In the last year, we've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader." Legislation and Politics 2012-02-02T15:59:36+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/job_ad_101764/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101764/ (7201OC) Network Communications Tech-HITS, TECH 2012-02-01T15:09:42+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101763/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/job_ad_101763/ (1223OC) IDC Technical Specialist, TECH 2012-02-01T15:07:08+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/transportation_unions_call_on_congress_to_pass_clean_faa_reauthorization/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/transportation_unions_call_on_congress_to_pass_clean_faa_reauthorization/ Rewriting decades of labor law without debate or discussion sets a dangerous precedent. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Legislation and Politics 2012-01-30T23:01:08+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