The GOP presidential contender can’t even seem to muster supporters to appear in his campaign ads. His latest ad attacking President Obama for allegedly being an enemy of the coal industry features coal miners whose boss made their attendance at a Romney rally mandatory and unpaid.
“I think he's got himself in a spot where he'll use anybody,” said CWA President Larry Cohen on The Ed Show. “Whether he makes comments about, I wish I was Latino, or whether he pretends to be supporting working people when, in fact, those workers … weren't paid, when he uses actors instead of workers, themselves.”
Listen to the audio archive of CWA's September 20 Union Hall Call. The call included updates on Verizon, CWA's voter registration drive in Pennsylvania and how activists fought to secure Trade Adjustment Assistance for T-Mobile workers.
CenturyLink management is demanding a lot of givebacks from workers at the former Qwest Communications, but CWAers are standing strong with their bargaining committee to get the fair contract they deserve.
CWAers had the biggest voice and largest participation at this year’s Pride at Work convention, held in Cleveland last week. About 180 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered union activists attended, with at least 30 CWAers on hand. Pride at Work gives voice to LGBT workers across the union movement.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has sent the state's controversial voter ID law back to a lower court to determine if acquiring the necessary IDs interferes with voting rights.
Photographers who work for the U.S. House of Representatives, shooting official photographs for members and groups of visitors at the capitol and on congressional delegation trips abroad, are now members of NABET-CWA.
CWA, along with the NAACP and Greenpeace, praised U.S. Rep. John Sarbanes' (D-Md.) new campaign finance reform bill to empower the average small donor.
CWA is airing a new radio ad buy, supporting Michigan Rep. Mike Michaud, who is fighting to keep good customer service jobs in America, and opposing his three House colleagues who aren’t.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today announced that they have issued a joint letter, along with the NAACP and Greenpeace, in support of new legislation issued by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-MD), entitled the Grassroots Democracy Act, HR 6426.
Today, CWA reached a tentative agreement with Verizon that protects the job and retirement security of 34,000 members from Virginia to Massachusetts. The details drive home that the current two-tier job structure in America is really between workers who have collective bargaining rights and those who don't.
"The tentative agreements meet our goal of maintaining the standard of living and employment security of Verizon members over the next three years and reaffirm the fact that workers’ bargaining rights are necessary to maintain the middle class in America,” said CWA President Larry Cohen.
“Because of what’s going on in America, every employer, regardless of its financial wherewithal, believes it’s obligated to cut the costs of front-line employees,” he said. “But we held our own. This is an incredibly profitable company, and the reality of today in America is if you hold your own, that’s a victory.”
The Communications Workers of America today announced a tentative agreement with Verizon Communications that protects the job security and retirement security of 34,000 members from Virginia to Massachusetts.
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today said it met with both foreign and domestic negotiators involved in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks to raise workers’ rights issues, and vowed to continue to raise public awareness about the potentially catastrophic effects of such an agreement on American jobs.
This week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) released a video featuring American call center workers sharing their personal stories and experiences with off-shoring – a practice that has devastated the domestic call center industry to the tune of 500,000 jobs lost since 2006. Entitled “Why Wouldn’t You,” CWA’s new video features call center workers from across the country sharing their stories about the impact of losing their jobs and the effect on their lives and families.
