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Aug 28, 2012

Michigan Collective Bargaining Initiative to be on Ballot

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday afternoon that a proposed November ballot question to enshrine collective bargaining rights in the state’s constitution should be put before voters.

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Aug 27, 2012

Chris Christie is all talk

Paul Krugman just tore into New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s so-called “Jersey Comeback,” debunking his oft boasted claim that big spending cuts have boosted his state’s economy. While Christie talks a good game about making tough choices, the truth is that he’s full of budget gimmicks and some “curiously selective” cuts.

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Aug 24, 2012

Eight Million People Now Being Treated for HIV

Voice of America
Barbara Klein and Mario Ritter report on the nineteenth International AIDS Conference and some of the latest developments in the fight against AIDS and HIV.

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Aug 24, 2012

Lois & Amanda Speak Up: Bring Jobs Home

CWA fought hard to bring good AT&T customer service jobs back from overseas call centers to Detroit and Goldsboro.

Bringing good jobs back is the beginning of an economic recovery for Michigan, for North Carolina and for America.

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Aug 23, 2012

CWA: FCC Decision on Big Cable Deal Will Kill Jobs, Harm Consumers

The FCC's unanimous vote on the Big Cable deal will kill jobs and hurt consumers.

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Aug 23, 2012

Senators Promote Call Center Bill

Sens. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) used their August recess to advocate keeping good call center jobs in the United States.

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Aug 23, 2012

NABET and NBC Partner with CWA/NETT

NBC is poised to rip miles of copper out of its iconic 30 Rock building and rewire it with fiber optic cable. But instead of outsourcing the work, the company recently partnered with CWA to train 40 daily hires to do the high-tech installation.

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Aug 23, 2012

Stand Up to Verizon

People are talking about Jen Travis. The mother of three is speaking out at local union halls and through YouTube about how she was unjustly fired.

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Aug 23, 2012

Ad Campaign Spotlights House Members Support for Call Center Bill

CWA has a radio ad buy on the air right now, supporting four members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are fighting to keep good customer service jobs in the United States.

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Aug 23, 2012

Miami Herald Elder Abuse Series Wins Guild’s 2012 Broun Award

A Miami Herald series that exposed what contest judges called a "gut-wrenching epidemic of elder abuses and deaths" in Florida's assisted living facilities has won the NewsGuild-CWA's 2012 Heywood Broun Award.

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Aug 23, 2012

CWA Case Study: Working Around Asbestos

A new CWA case study examines three successful efforts to decrease telecommunications technicians’ exposure to hazardous asbestos-contaminated materials.

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Aug 23, 2012

Ryan International Flight Attendants Ratify First Contract

Ryan International Flight Attendants ratified their first contract last week, ensuring job security and other protections for nearly 200 AFA-CWA members.

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Aug 23, 2012

CWA Launches New Blog

CWA just launched a new blog, Resistance Growing.

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Aug 23, 2012

Legacy T Retroactive Pay and GWI

The retroactive pay will be included with the regular pay check on September 21st.

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Aug 23, 2012

Verizon Profits While Families Suffer

The judge who heard Leighton McGeachy’s unemployment case agreed: Verizon fired a man for no good reason.

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Aug 23, 2012

Students and Workers Join Hands to Deliver a Message

Verizon Boardmember Neubauer must step up or go home!

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Aug 21, 2012

The Bad Romance Ended with Women’s Suffrage

Bad Romance:Women's Suffrage" is a parody music video paying homage to Alice Paul and the brave women who fought to pass the 19th Amendment, adopted on August 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.

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Aug 21, 2012

Job Ad 101887

(0022OC) Special Operations Clerk, TG-6

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Aug 20, 2012

Fewer California Voters Support Prop. 32

Support for Proposition 32 -- a Republican-funded proposal that would essentially bar union workers from having a voice in politics – is steadily dropping.

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Aug 20, 2012

Labor stands with DREAMers

Last week tens of thousands of young undocumented immigrants flooded churches, law offices and help centers across the county to begin applying for relief from deportation. Thanks to an executive order by President Barack Obama those who entered the United States illegally as children can now defer deportation and work for at least two years.

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