News

May 10, 2012

Occupy Your Cameras! Deadline June 1 for Photo Contest

The Newspaper Guild-CWA and the Labor Heritage Foundation are sponsoring an Occupy Movement photo contest, with prizes for best student, best amateur and best professional photo.

May 10, 2012

2011 Top PAF Award Winners

CWA locals were once again generous in their support of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation [EGPAF] in 2011.

May 9, 2012

CWA: Rights and Liberties of the U.S. Constitution Must Apply to All

The Communications Workers of America stands with the President and those who support equality and human rights. We oppose all discrimination and recognize the direct linkage between civil and workers' rights, and the attempts to divide Americans based on these issues.

May 9, 2012

CWA: Secret Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations Will Harm Jobs, Communities, Environment

The Trans-Pacific free trade agreement is being negotiated in secret for good reason: for workers, jobs, communities and the environment, it promises only bad news, the Communications Workers of America said.

May 9, 2012

Grammy Award Winning Musician, Actor, Writer Steve Earle Boosts Workers� Fight at Verizon

Thousands of Verizon employees heard a message from Steve Earle last week calling out Verizon Communications for hitting up workers for another $20,000 a year in compensation cuts while posting another record earnings quarter this year. As part of Shareholder Spring, nearly 1,000 workers, students and progressive activists demonstrated inside and outside Verizon�s annual meeting on May 3 in Huntsville, Ala., demanding that the company stop its assault on customers, employees and American taxpayers.

May 8, 2012

AT&T Legacy T Mobilization Report #10

Members focused on multiple contract battles this week as they joined other CWA members, the 99% Spring, Labor Coalition and communities at actions against Verigreedy Verizon in addition to our own employer at&t.

May 8, 2012

AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #44

At the table today the Company rejected our proposals to improve the termination pay Articles 39, 43, 44 and 45. Although they had agreed to keep the termination pay the same for those covered under Article 25, we continue to push for improvement for those with different termination schedules.

May 8, 2012

May 1 USW and Tony Mazzocchi Health and Safety Digest

USW Health, Safety & Environment Department and Tony Mazzocchi Center Digest, 5/1/2012

May 5, 2012

AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #43

The Bargaining Teams met today. The Union presented proposals to equalize Termination Pay for those in ALL Articles. We also addressed issues in Articles 39, 43, and 45. Finally, we resubmitted our demand to improve the pension of those in the CBA and to expand JOG to those hired after 2009.

May 4, 2012

AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #42

The Bargaining Team met together for most of the day and began meeting with the Company late this afternoon.

May 3, 2012

AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Report #41

Our full Bargaining Team met with the Company this afternoon. The Company withdrew its proposal to cut termination pay and gut our electronic monitoring language. The Union presented proposals on wages and health care.

May 3, 2012

AT&T Legacy T - Mobilization Report #9

Over 3 weeks past expiration, members are still going strong with mobilization and have committed to increase actions until we reach a fair contract. Contact your Local President or Local Mobilization Coordinator to find out more about actions in your area.

May 3, 2012

RNC Attacks President Obama on Unemployment� from Overseas Call Center

CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins: �Hard to imagine anything more hypocritical than the RNC making calls about U.S. unemployment from a Verizon foreign call center.�

May 3, 2012

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.

May 3, 2012

Activists Rally Against VeriGreedy Verizon

Hundreds of CWA members, activists and allies descended on Verizon's annual shareholders meeting on Thursday, protesting the company's excessive corporate greed and war against the middle class.

May 3, 2012

Shareholder Spring Coalition Takes on Verizon

While hundreds of CWAers and supporters were rallying outside and speaking inside Verizon's shareholder meeting in Huntsville, Ala., members of the 99 Percent Spring Coalition were standing up and fighting back against VeriGreedy at rallies and actions across the country.

May 3, 2012

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.

May 3, 2012

At Shareholders’ Meeting, AT&T 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."

May 3, 2012

TNG-CWA Looks at Creative Strategies to Grow, Thrive

About 100 local TNG-CWA leaders from across the country met in Cleveland for three busy days focused on building an increasingly effective, efficient union that can survive and thrive as the media industry continues to evolve.

May 3, 2012

CWA Activists Join May Day Protests

CWA activists joined the Occupy Movement's big return to the national stage on Tuesday, bringing May Day's annual celebration of international workers' rights home with protests in more than 100 U.S. cities.