http://www.cwa-union.org The latest in where workers are joining CWA Union. {weblog_language} Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} {gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_transport_workers_union_form_new_partnership/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_transport_workers_union_form_new_partnership/ The Transport Workers Union of America and CWA have voted to work together in a new affiliation. The new partnership was unanimously endorsed by the executive boards of both unions. 2012-02-09T14:49:46+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/emarq_centurylink_techs_join_cwa_in_florida/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/emarq_centurylink_techs_join_cwa_in_florida/ Embarq/CenturyLink technicians from Winter Park, Fla., won CWA Local 3176 representation, following a Jan. 27 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that their 60-59 election victory should stand. Bargaining/Companies, CenturyLink 2012-02-09T14:44:02+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cablevision_workers_campaign_wins_tremendous_public_support/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cablevision_workers_campaign_wins_tremendous_public_support/ At last night's CWA national town hall meeting, Anthony Guerrier, a Cablevision worker in Brooklyn working for CWA representation, told the 6,000 CWAers listening that "we're optimistic that by this time tomorrow we'll be able to say that we are proud members of CWA Local 1109." Bargaining/Companies 2012-01-26T19:11:18+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alltel_and_non-profit_workers_join_cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alltel_and_non-profit_workers_join_cwa/ To get better pay, benefits and working conditions, former Alltel workers at AT&T Mobility are continuing to join CWA through majority sign-up. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, AT&T Mobility 2012-01-12T14:30:47+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/brooklyn_cablevision_workers_looking_forward_to_cwa_election/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/brooklyn_cablevision_workers_looking_forward_to_cwa_election/ Cablevision workers in Brooklyn, fed up with low wages and little respect from management, have their best opportunity yet for a union voice, with an election for CWA representation set for Jan. 26. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2011-12-22T14:11:52+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/more_former_alltel_workers_join_cwa_at_att_mobility/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/more_former_alltel_workers_join_cwa_at_att_mobility/ Seeking better pay, benefits and working conditions, 35 former Alltel workers at AT&T Mobility in Minnesota and Colorado have joined CWA through majority sign-up. AT&T Mobility 2011-12-22T14:03:40+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/former_alltel_workers_at_att_mobility_join_cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/former_alltel_workers_at_att_mobility_join_cwa/ Seeking better pay, benefits and working conditions, 85 former Alltel workers at AT&T Mobility in New Mexico have joined CWA through majority sign-up. AT&T Mobility 2011-12-08T14:17:58+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/california_terminex_workers_survive_poisonous_anti-union_campaign/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/california_terminex_workers_survive_poisonous_anti-union_campaign/ Despite anti-union tactics that included a management "ride along" on election day, a group of Los Angeles-area Terminex sales, clerical and technical workers voted Oct. 28 to join CWA Local 9586. 2011-11-03T13:31:50+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/denver_airport_super_shuttle_drivers_join_cwa_after_2-year_battle/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/denver_airport_super_shuttle_drivers_join_cwa_after_2-year_battle/ Overcoming two years of hostility, harassment and coercion, 94 Super Shuttle drivers at Denver International Airport finally got the chance last week to vote for a union. 2011-10-27T13:34:20+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/omni_air_international_flight_attendants_join_afa-cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/omni_air_international_flight_attendants_join_afa-cwa/ Flight Attendants at Omni Air International have overwhelmingly voted to join AFA-CWA. In results announced this week, the National Mediation Board said the tally was 284 to 47, with 80 percent of Omni's flight attendants casting ballots. 2011-10-27T13:32:51+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/nevada_deputy_sheriffs_join_cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/nevada_deputy_sheriffs_join_cwa/ Twenty-eight members of the White Pine County (Nevada) Deputy Sheriffs Association joined with CWA last week. They will be represented by the Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers/CWA Local 9110. Public Safety Officers 2011-10-06T13:40:51+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_occupy_wall_street_movement1/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_occupy_wall_street_movement1/ Building a movement! CWA endorses Occupy Wall Street movement, activists join CWAers at Verizon Wireless leafleting. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Democracy, The Occupy Movement, Legislation and Politics 2011-10-04T20:23:36+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/dayton_guild_a_quarter-century_of_solidarity_against_all_odds/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/dayton_guild_a_quarter-century_of_solidarity_against_all_odds/ Despite one of the longest contract battles in union history, members of the Dayton Newspaper Guild-CWA at the Dayton Daily News remain tenacious and determined. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2011-09-15T13:35:01+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/electronic_warfare_techs_celebrate_labor_day_by_joining_iue-cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/electronic_warfare_techs_celebrate_labor_day_by_joining_iue-cwa/ Just in time for Labor Day, 35 electronic warfare technicians working at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps military bases in Arizona and California organized with IUE-CWA. 2011-09-08T13:22:35+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/frontier_flight_attendants_ratify_first_contract_progress_at_ryan_omni/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/frontier_flight_attendants_ratify_first_contract_progress_at_ryan_omni/ Frontier Airlines flight attendants represented by the AFA-CWA have ratified a first contract with strong job security language, a grievance procedure and other protections. United at Frontier 2011-09-01T13:31:06+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/techs_join_cwa_in_ohio_and_wyoming_media_workers_join_in_new_york/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/techs_join_cwa_in_ohio_and_wyoming_media_workers_join_in_new_york/ Technicians at ADT and AT&T Mobility organized with CWA over the last week in campaigns in Ohio and Wyoming. AT&T Mobility 2011-09-01T13:22:53+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/t-mobile_connecticut_techs_form_first_u.s._t-mobile_union/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/t-mobile_connecticut_techs_form_first_u.s._t-mobile_union/ T-Mobile technicians in Connecticut became the company's first U.S. workers with union representation, voting this week to join CWA-TU. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, International Solidarity 2011-07-21T13:31:36+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/san_francisco-area_online_journalists_join_the_newspaper_guild-cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/san_francisco-area_online_journalists_join_the_newspaper_guild-cwa/ Workers at a San Francisco Bay Area news website have voted to join TNG-CWA, illustrating how The Newspaper Guild is evolving to serve media workers in today's ever-changing industry. 2011-07-21T13:26:39+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_win_union_voice_in_connecticut/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/t-mobile_workers_win_union_voice_in_connecticut/ T-Mobile USA technicians in Connecticut today voted for representation by the Communications Workers of America-TU. The vote was 8-7 for CWA-TU representation with one challenged ballot of a union supporter who had recently transferred into the unit. The challenge will not affect the outcome. The Connecticut technicians are the first to vote for union representation at T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile operations in Germany, owned by Deutsche Telekom, fully respect workers’ right to bargain collectively, but U.S. management historically had undertaken a campaign of delaying tactics and interference to intimidate workers. The Connecticut techs stood strong against these tactics and for a union voice. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Telecommunications 2011-07-19T17:21:39+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/districts_2-13_3_honored_for_big_win_after_10-year_fight_at_piedmont/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/districts_2-13_3_honored_for_big_win_after_10-year_fight_at_piedmont/ CWA's highest honor, the President's Annual Award, was presented this year to District 2-13 and District 3 for their exhaustive efforts over 10 years to organize more than 3,000 passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, CWA 73rd Convention 2011-07-14T13:29:08+00:00