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/building_our_movement_cwa_and_occupy/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/building_our_movement_cwa_and_occupy/ Three stories from coast to coast; "Now is the time to help grow this movement,’ ‘At the end, I really didn't want to stop’ and ‘I experienced a sense of community that I will never forget.’ The Occupy Movement 2012-01-01T17:59:57+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/top_ten_reasons_why_the_u.s._senate_is_broken/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/top_ten_reasons_why_the_u.s._senate_is_broken/ Top Ten Reasons Why the U.S. Senate is Broken Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:58:34+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/voter_id_not_as_simple_as_it_seems/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/voter_id_not_as_simple_as_it_seems/ About 21 million American adults don’t have a government-issued photo identification card, or can’t get access to one. Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:57:45+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/what_the_broken_senate_rules_mean_for_working_families/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/what_the_broken_senate_rules_mean_for_working_families/ What the Broken Senate Rules Mean For Working Families Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics, Senate Rules Reform 2012-01-01T17:56:55+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/maine_citizens_keep_early_registration/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/maine_citizens_keep_early_registration/ In Maine, voters approved a citizens’ veto of a law that would have taken away same-day voter registration by a 60 percent vote. Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:55:03+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/fighting_back_to_defend_voting_rights/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/fighting_back_to_defend_voting_rights/ CWA and allies are fighting back in the states to repeal restrictive voter ID laws and to safeguard measures that encourage and support citizens in voting: early voting, voting by mail, same day voter registration and broad voter registration efforts. Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:54:25+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_truth_about_voter_fraud/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_truth_about_voter_fraud/ From 2002 to 2007, when the Bush administration ordered its U.S. attorney generals in every state to look for and prosecute cases of voter fraud, only 120 people had been charged nationwide, with just 86 convictions, out of the 300 million votes cast. Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:53:32+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_attack_on_voting_rights/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_attack_on_voting_rights/ Many state legislatures have been working overtime to pass laws to restrict the rights of more than 5 million Americans — mostly students, people of color, lower income citizens, people with disabilities and senior citizens — to vote in the 2012 elections. Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:51:08+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/other_voices/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/other_voices/ Two Stories: 'Income Inequality Tied to Decline in Unions' and 'Restore the Basic Bargain' 2012-01-01T17:51:05+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_redistricting_can_block_the_democratic_process/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_redistricting_can_block_the_democratic_process/ Every 10 years, following the U.S. Census, congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn in every state. Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:49:01+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_rights_under_attack_in_the_states/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_rights_under_attack_in_the_states/ CWA members in Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin, New Mexico and other states are seeing a concentrated attack on the rights of working people to have a voice on the job and in the political process. Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics 2012-01-01T17:48:26+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/u.s._elections_up_for_sale/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/u.s._elections_up_for_sale/ In its January 2010 Citizens United decision, the U.S. Supreme Court turned election and political spending upside down. With the Court’s determination that “corporations are people too,” with free speech rights and other individual liberties, it eliminated the campaign spending restrictions that were put in place more than a century ago to stop corporations and other groups from exerting undue influence and spending millions of dollars and more in the electoral process. Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics, Corporate Money In Politics 2012-01-01T17:46:39+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_were_fighting_back_corporate_money_in_politics/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/how_were_fighting_back_corporate_money_in_politics/ CWA, our Legislative Political Action Teams in every district and our progressive allies are fighting back against this flood of corporate and wealthy dollars that is destroying our democratic process. Here’s how. Corporate Money In Politics 2011-12-22T18:40:01+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/The_Union_is_Us/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/The_Union_is_Us/ From Union Bench Warmer to Quarterback Kenny Distance used to be a “sit-on-the-sidelines” kind of union member. “I let the shop steward and other members do the work,” Distance says. “All I would care about is opening the finished contract to the page about the money. That was good enough for me.” Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2011-10-01T19:16:36+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 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/im_fighting_harder_than_ever/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/im_fighting_harder_than_ever/ New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and every other politician who spent 2011 beating up on public workers and slashing the services they provide should be forced to talk directly to people like Ellen Vidal. A teacher turned social worker, Local 1088’s Vidal assists mentally and physically disabled adults, then heads home to care for two adopted children who’ve had severe medical issues of their own. So has Vidal, who endured numerous surgeries after a bad root canal. For the better part of two years, she hung a bag of IV antibiotics from her blinds at work so she could infuse herself every four hours. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2011-10-01T19:13:10+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/i_cant_just_sit_back_and_watch/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/i_cant_just_sit_back_and_watch/ CWA Volunteers Fight Tirelessly to Overturn Ohio’s Anti-Bargaining Law It’s because of CWAers like Diane Bailey and Barb Allen that petitions to repeal an anti-bargaining rights law in Ohio had to be hauled to the secretary of state’s office in a semi-truck. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics 2011-10-01T19:12:11+00:00