http://www.cwa-union.org The latest from The CWA 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/working_together_jobs_with_justice_25/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_jobs_with_justice_25/ In Miami in the summer of 1987, Jobs with Justice was born after months of preparation. CWA was a principal founder and as CWA organizing director at the time, I had been pushing for a different approach to workers’ rights and economic justice. The CWA convention was in Miami and Miami was home to Eastern Air Lines, recently acquired by Continental Air Lines and robber baron CEO Frank Lorenzo. The fight at Eastern/Continental, restructuring that resembles plundering, has continued almost unchecked ever since. 2013-04-05T13:31:11+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/all_workers_deserve_rights/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/all_workers_deserve_rights/ In 2009, after consultation with faith and community leaders, the labor movement came together in support of a framework for immigration reform that reflects our shared values: dignity, fairness, opportunity, voice and justice. 2013-03-01T20:46:42+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_bargaining_rights_and_movement_building/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_bargaining_rights_and_movement_building/ This issue of the CWA News connects our core work of bargaining and organizing with the crucial need for a broad movement of 50 million people who will fight for economic justice and democracy for all. In the best of times, this would be a big job. For workers, it’s far from the best of times. The collapse of the National Labor Relations Board, caused by the failure of the Senate to adopt rules that would allow real debate and democracy on the Senate floor, means that some 80 million workers, both union-represented and non-union, have no path to workplace justice. At last count, 87 companies were challenging decisions issued by the NLRB and its regional offices. These include McDonalds and Starbucks, as well as CWA employers like CNN, Cablevision and West Penn Printing. 2013-03-01T20:12:09+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_cnn_case_a_decade_of_injustice/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_cnn_case_a_decade_of_injustice/ This timeline shows the incredible injustice that workers at CNN have suffered. Now, with the NLRB out of commission because of the Republican abuse of the Senate rules, workers have no path to justice. 2013-03-01T20:01:05+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_cablevision_22/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_cablevision_22/ On Jan. 30, Cablevision illegally locked out and fired 22 technicians who were simply trying to use the company's much vaunted "open-door" policy to discuss contract negotiations with management. 2013-03-01T18:52:40+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/89_out_of_100_workers_dont_have_collective_bargaining/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/89_out_of_100_workers_dont_have_collective_bargaining/ Without bargaining rights, workers have no way to improve their wages and conditions and meet the power of their employers. And the decline in union membership means that bargaining is even tougher. It's as though every non-union competitor is sitting across the table from our bargaining teams. 2013-03-01T18:30:03+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/will_corporate_america_succeed_in_killing_workers_rights_and_the_nlrb/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/will_corporate_america_succeed_in_killing_workers_rights_and_the_nlrb/ The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was established in 1935. It is the enforcement agency for the National Labor Relations Act, the principal labor law regulating private sector employment. The Board has five members nominated by the President, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Currently there is only one confirmed NLRB member, but the Board needs at least three to make decisions. NLRB 2013-03-01T18:00:40+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/50_million_people_can_change_america/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/50_million_people_can_change_america/ How do we move forward on the issues we care about -- good jobs, retirement security, health care and bargaining rights? By standing together with other activists and being there for each other's fights. Together with faith groups, community organizations, civil rights groups, students and others, CWA is pushing for progressive change to benefit working families. We're building a wide-ranging movement for social and economic justice, and that's how we're fighting back. The only time there has been change in the U.S. is when a movement of the majority rose up and demanded it. 2013-03-01T16:59:12+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/it_shouldnt_be_this_hard_to_get_a_union_election/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/it_shouldnt_be_this_hard_to_get_a_union_election/ How American Airlines Spent Lots of Time and Money Delaying Workers’ Right to Vote 2013-01-01T21:02:40+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_latest_on_the_trans_pacific_partnership/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_latest_on_the_trans_pacific_partnership/ Twenty-three U.S. Senators, led by Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), have called on President Obama to make certain that any agreement includes specific provisions to protect American jobs. Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement 2013-01-01T17:58:38+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/german_workers_stand_strong_with_u.s._t-mobile_collegues/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/german_workers_stand_strong_with_u.s._t-mobile_collegues/ In Germany, members of ver.di, the union representing telecom workers at Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile, have taken the fight of T-Mobile USA workers to heart. Since CWA and ver.di joined together to form TU, a joint union for all Deutsche Telekom workers in the U.S. and Germany, German workers have stood up for their U.S. counterparts in lots of way. International Solidarity 2013-01-01T16:01:55+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_public_sector_changed/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_public_sector_changed/ There has been a fierce attack on public workers in Ohio, New Jersey, New Mexico, Wisconsin and too many other states. And that attack isn't easing, especially with right wing politicians holding the majority in many state legislatures and serving as governors. 2013-01-01T15:15:49+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_manufacturing_industry_changed/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_manufacturing_industry_changed/ U.S. workers in the manufacturing sector were first to be hit by offshoring. More than three decades ago, telecom equipment manufacturers like Western Electric were moving production offshore and big employers like GE and Westinghouse were doing the same. In fact former GE CEO Jack Welch even boasted about it in 1998: "Ideally, you'd have every plant you own on a barge." GE not only worked to offshore jobs, it pressured suppliers to move work overseas too. But we've seen some positive changes in manufacturing lately, as IUE-CWA members at Appliance Park, Ky., demonstrate. 2013-01-01T15:08:21+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_media_industry_changed/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_media_industry_changed/ The internet continues to provide new opportunities and challenges to media and all media workers. The disruption for print has been due to a much lower revenue stream on the digital side than home delivery of print issues provided. Several of the "national" newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post have been able to attain 15 percent or higher revenue from digital, and that's a breakthrough. 2013-01-01T14:54:38+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_telecom_industry_changed/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_telecom_industry_changed/ The historic base of CWA members, landline telephone service, is shrinking dramatically. Customers are choosing to go wireless or Voice over Internet (VoIP) through their cable TV or internet provider. 2013-01-01T13:40:53+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_airline_industry_changed/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_has_the_airline_industry_changed/ Today, airlines have become global commodities where outsourcing is the new economic standard for airline service work. Consolidation and mergers have reshaped the industry. AFA-CWA is the safeguard to ensuring that flight attendants continue to advance as safety and security professionals. 2013-01-01T13:35:37+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/nlrb_hearing_set_for_january_on_threats_firings_at_dish/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/nlrb_hearing_set_for_january_on_threats_firings_at_dish/ After years of delays and all too often inaction on workers’ complaints, the National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a hearing for Jan. 18 in Fort Worth to investigate charges that Dish Network managers in Texas repeatedly threatened workers and fired at least one union supporter during an organizing campaign for CWA representation. 2012-12-11T20:50:31+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/in_their_own_words/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/in_their_own_words/ “It turns out that of the 47 percent who pay no income taxes, nearly two-thirds do pay payroll taxes. The remaining nearly 40 percent are the true freeloaders who pay no federal income tax or payroll tax. They make less than $20,000 a year and many of them are the nation's elderly. Romney knows them as 'personal responsibility shirkers.' You may know them as 'the Greatest Generation' and/or 'Nana.'” - Jon Stewart 2012-10-12T18:21:16+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/voter_harassment_circa_2012/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/voter_harassment_circa_2012/ This is how voter intimidation worked in 1966: Building a Movement, Voter Suppression 2012-10-01T20:19:27+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_election_2012_the_choice_is_clear_for_american_workers/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/working_together_election_2012_the_choice_is_clear_for_american_workers/ Elections are about choices. Do we want more tax breaks for the wealthy? Do we want to gut the Medicare and Social Security safety net for millions of Americans? Or do we want an economic recovery in which we participate? And how do we get there? 2012-10-01T19:10:14+00:00