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/american_airlines_agents_press_nmb_to_move_forward_on_union_election1/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_agents_press_nmb_to_move_forward_on_union_election1/ American Airlines is still refusing to hand over mailing labels to the National Mediation Board so that passenger service agents can vote on union representation. So workers took matters into their own hands. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, National Mediation Board 2012-05-17T14:22:51+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_state_workers_strike_tentative_deal_with_gov._christie/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_state_workers_strike_tentative_deal_with_gov._christie/ In a fight with the most anti-union governor in their history of their contract, CWA New Jersey state workers successfully preserved the integrity and enforceability of decades of collective bargaining. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-05-17T14:19:41+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa-tu_begins_bargaining/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa-tu_begins_bargaining/ Bargaining continued for a first contract for 15 CWA-TU technicians at T-Mobile USA in Connecticut. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, International Solidarity 2012-05-17T14:15:21+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/federal_judge_overturns_nlrb_rules_to_ensure_more_timely_elections/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/federal_judge_overturns_nlrb_rules_to_ensure_more_timely_elections/ A federal judge threw out even the modest changes that the National Labor Relations Board approved last year to ensure that workers have fair and timely elections. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy 2012-05-17T14:12:49+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/real_bargaining_rights_produce_big_gains_for_ver.di_members_at_t-mobile/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/real_bargaining_rights_produce_big_gains_for_ver.di_members_at_t-mobile/ In a big victory for Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile workers, ver.di — the union representing more than 2 million workers — announced a tentative agreement with DT that provides for a 6.5 percent pay increase over two years for 50,000 workers in Germany. Negotiations are continuing for workers at DT's T-Systems unit. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, International Solidarity 2012-05-10T14:02:23+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_activists_work_to_recall_wisconsin_gov._walker/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_activists_work_to_recall_wisconsin_gov._walker/ With less than a month until Wisconsin's recall election, CWA activists have been working around the clock to get Republican Gov. Scott Walker out of office. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, Human Rights, The Occupy Movement, Legislation and Politics 2012-05-10T13:57:29+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_american_airlines_tries_an_end_run_around_the_law/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_american_airlines_tries_an_end_run_around_the_law/ Washington, D.C. -- Following is a statement by Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, on the continued effort by American Airlines to stop workers’ from having a fair vote on union representation: “Just when working people thought they’d seen it all, American Airlines makes an even more outrageous play. The latest outrage is a lawsuit the company filed May 2, in which American Airlines seeks to rewrite aviation legislation and substitute its own agenda for that of Congress, so it can stop nearly 10,000 passenger service agents from having a union voice. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Legislative Issues, Secure, Sustainable Jobs, Legislation and Politics 2012-05-03T19:00:34+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_tries_an_end_run_around_the_law/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_tries_an_end_run_around_the_law/ CWA President Larry Cohen issued this statement on the continued effort by American Airlines to stop workers' from having a fair vote on union representation. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-05-03T13:06:58+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/at_shareholders_meeting_att_gets_the_cwa_message/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/at_shareholders_meeting_att_gets_the_cwa_message/ At the AT&T annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, shareholders heard a loud and clear message from CWA leaders and members: AT&T should be helping to "lead our economic recovery by continuing to provide good, middle class jobs. We are the network. We deserve a fair contract." Bargaining/Companies, AT&T, 2012 AT&T Bargaining, Customer Service, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, International Solidarity, The Occupy Movement 2012-05-03T13:04:32+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/standing_together_for_global_workers_rights/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/standing_together_for_global_workers_rights/ CWA President Larry Cohen opened a D.C. session of the International Labor Rights Forum. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Human Rights, International Solidarity 2012-05-03T12:42:05+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_district_9_members_ask_wheres_the_fairness/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_district_9_members_ask_wheres_the_fairness/ CWA AT&T members in California and Nevada have a simple question for management: "Where's the Fairness?" As bargaining for a new contract covering 18,000 workers at AT&T West continues, CWAers are taking that message everywhere. Bargaining/Companies, AT&T, 2012 AT&T Bargaining, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-04-26T13:44:47+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/passenger_service_election_at_american_airlines_is_on/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/passenger_service_election_at_american_airlines_is_on/ The National Mediation Board has set the elections date for the CWA representation vote among nearly 10,000 American Airlines passenger service employees. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, National Mediation Board 2012-04-26T13:37:18+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cohen_the_status_quo_is_not_stable/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cohen_the_status_quo_is_not_stable/ CWA President Larry Cohen, renewing his call for international solidarity, used a trip to Germany this week to underscore how the erosion of American workers' rights should serve as a wake-up call for the global labor movement. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, International Solidarity 2012-04-26T13:35:16+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/senate_rejects_u.s._chamber-backed_attack_on_nlrb_rule_change/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/senate_rejects_u.s._chamber-backed_attack_on_nlrb_rule_change/ The U.S. Senate upheld the very modest changes made by the National Labor Relations Board last year to ensure that workers have fair and timely elections. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Legislative Issues 2012-04-26T13:31:35+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_rally_to_protect_t-mobile_call_center_jobs/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_rally_to_protect_t-mobile_call_center_jobs/ T-Mobile USA workers on Monday sent a loud, clear message to their CEO Philipp Humm: Keep good call center jobs in America and bring back the thousands you've shipped overseas. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, International Solidarity 2012-04-20T13:58:45+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/agents_fight_back_union_election_to_be_scheduled/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/agents_fight_back_union_election_to_be_scheduled/ Passenger service agents at American Airlines were hit with a devastating reorganization plan yesterday that will affect nearly 10,000 agents. Agents face layoffs, outsourcing, the loss of wages and benefits, being forced to work from home for no benefits, and likely even more cuts in the future as they are the only major workgroup at the airline without union representation. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, National Mediation Board 2012-04-20T13:55:58+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ge_workers_in_iowa_vote_to_join_cwa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ge_workers_in_iowa_vote_to_join_cwa/ General Electric workers at an Iowa switchgear plant voted Wednesday on IUE-CWA representation. But the results are still unknown, as the ballots have been impounded due to GE's attempt to pad the bargaining unit. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-04-12T13:46:41+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cohen_build_a_framework_like_brazil/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cohen_build_a_framework_like_brazil/ Faced with a nationwide attack on workers' rights and their unions, American workers can learn a lesson from the Brazilians, CWA President Larry Cohen said Wednesday. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, International Solidarity 2012-04-12T13:43:38+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/99_percent_spring_training_challenge_to_corporate_power_is_on/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/99_percent_spring_training_challenge_to_corporate_power_is_on/ Next week will be a time of unprecedented activity around the country, as union members, environmentalists, religious, civil rights, community and immigrant activists, Occupiers and many more join a nationwide 99 Percent Spring training on how to gain economic justice. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, International Solidarity, Legislative Issues, The Occupy Movement 2012-04-05T14:43:25+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/community_rallies_behind_ge_workers_in_iowa/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/community_rallies_behind_ge_workers_in_iowa/ For more than a half-century, the General Electric switchgear plant has been a fixture of West Burlington, Iowa. Now the community is rallying behind GE workers who are organizing for a union voice and to keep those jobs in West Burlington. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-04-05T14:39:38+00:00