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Countdown to an AIDS-Free Generation

EGPAF video "Countdown to an AIDS-Free Generation" revisits the pandemic through the lens of children & spotlights the current momentum toward the elimination of new pediatric HIV infections.

Verizon is VeriGreedy

Senator Blumenthal of CT calls T-Mobile on “frivolous litigation” in union elections.

In a Senate debate on labor election rules, Senator Blumenthal of CT calls T-Mobile on "frivolous litigation" in union elections.

Larry Cohen discusses union busting on The Ed Show

99% Spring Training - Get Involved

AT&T Midwest rally featured on WDJT News

CWA Members rallied in front of AT&T as contract expiration loomed.

Solidarity for Verizon Workers, Long Beach, CA

CWAers & supporters turned out for the National Day of Solidarity for Verizon Workers. Video shared by CWA Local 9510. Click here to read more & see pictures.

Standing Up, Fighting Back

On March 22, CWA members across the country held a Day of Solidarity for Verizon Workers, joined by union, progressive & community allies at hundreds of rallies and events. Check out this NYC footage.

We Are the 99%

CWA Members explain why they are part of the 99% in these short videos.

Verizilla

The Verizon Wireless - Cable Company monster will take our jobs and create an unchecked monopoly - unless we take action NOW! Click here.

Northeast Members Rally to Support Bargaining Team

Chris Shelton addresses about 200 CWA members who held an informational picket to support our bargaining team on Feb. 29th.

Selma to Montgomery March

Midwest Officers Escort Our Bargaining Team

On Day 1 of Bargaining with AT&T, officers from across the midwest escorted our bargaining team.

AT&T Midwest Mobilization - Blowing the Whistle

Locals across the Midwest started the week with work site meetings. In Indiana, Local 4900 is “Blowing the Whistle” on Corporate Greed. They are united and prepared to Fight Back against Give Backs.

AT&T Legacy T Bargaining Kicks Off, Feb. 29, 2012

Officers, Members and Retirees from CWA Local's 3250 and 3204, as well as Teamsters, Occupy Atlanta, JWJ mobilized today as bargaining opened for AT&T Legacy T, and in SNET, Ameritech, and PacBell.

Good Jobs, Green Jobs South Conference

CWA President, Larry Cohen, addressed the afternoon session of the Good Jobs, Green Jobs South conference

Representative Tim Bishop (NY-01) addresses the 2012 CWA Legislative-Political Conference

Representative Tim Bishop (NY-01) addresses the 2012 CWA Legislative-Political Conference

CWA Members Visit Congress to Discuss the Call Center Bill

Members of the Communications Workers of America discuss the US Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act.

Workers Speak Out Against Corporate Greed at Verizon

Verizon's top five executives made $283 million in the last four years. But they're still trying to destroy middle class jobs at Verizon.

Verizon: Stop Sending Good Jobs Overseas and Attacking the Middle Class

To increase profits, Verizon has outsourced thousands of jobs to countries like the Philippines, Mexico and India. Sending good jobs overseas is part of Verizon's attack on the middle class.

The FAA Bill is an Attack on Workers

The FAA Bill is No Compromise

CWA President Larry Cohen on FAA Reauthorization and Workers’ Rights

Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen addresses CWA's Legislative-Political Conference.

Cablevision Workers: Stand and Be Counted!

Find out more about Cablevision workers' struggle for right to join a union and negotiate a fair contract that will provide the job security and compensation necessary to support their families.

Verizon: Stop Tax-Dodging, Stop Union-Busting

From 2008-2010 Verizon did not pay any federal corporate income taxes, despite billions in profits. Yet Verizon's executives want to destroy the middle class jobs of 45,000 union workers.

Voters fed up with money in politics

Stan Greenberg talks about his research for Public Campaign Action Fund on public support for getting corporate money out of politics

How economic inequality harms societies

Over the last forty years, the top 1% have made themselves richer by making America more unequal. Richard Wilkinson shows that, as the gap gets bigger, it damages us all

CWA President Larry Cohen on MSNBC’s The ED Show

CWA President Larry Cohen discusses the fight for the middle class on The Ed Show.

Occupy Portland: Arrests at the Steel Bridge

Several CWA Local 7901 members on the bridge in Portland, OR.

Day 8: Verizon Workers March for the 99%

As Verizon and Verizon Wireless continue to offer contract proposals aimed to destroy middle-class jobs and cut benefits, Verizon workers are hitting the streets, marching from Albany to Manhattan.

Day 4: Verizon Workers March for the 99%

As Verizon and Verizon Wireless continue to offer contract proposals aimed to destroy middle-class jobs and cut benefits, Verizon workers are hitting the streets, marching from Albany to Manhattan.

Delta: Drop the Attacks

Delta continues to hold up the FAA Reauthorization Bill by pushing unrelated extremist anti-union provisions into the legislation.

Day 1: Verizon Workers March for the 99%

As Verizon and Verizon Wireless continue to offer contract proposals aimed to destroy middle-class jobs and cut benefits, Verizon workers are hitting the streets, marching from Albany to Manhattan.

CWA Economist Ken Peres Discusses Jobs

Occupy Washington D.C. organizers hosted a panel discussion on the state of the economy, economic inequality, and social mobility.

CWA Local 3204 President Walter Andrews on The National Black Television Network

CWA Local President Walter Andrews speaks about Jobs with Justice on The NBTV

No cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid

CWAers joined Rep John Conyers and progressive Congress members to deliver thousands of signatures to the deficit cutting "Super Committee" - hands off Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid!

CWA and Occupy Wall Street Protest Verizon’s Corporate Greed

Thousands marched in Manhattan on October 21 as the Communications Workers of America and Occupy Wall Street joined together to protest Verizon's corporate greed.

Iowa CWAers sing: J-O-B-S

Merging classic disco with the fight for good jobs, District 7 CWA members attending training in Iowa made a big splash at a rally last Friday with their J-O-B-S version of the Village People's "YMCA.

Verizon Workers, Verizon Wireless Workers and Allies Stand Together

CWA President Larry Cohen on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation

CWA President Larry Cohen discusses the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and the fight for the middle class on Rev. Al Sharpton's MSNBC show, PoliticsNation.

Oakland T-Mobile Workers Fight Downsizing

C-SPAN: Communicators with President Larry Cohen

On C-SPAN's Communicators, CWA President Larry Cohen explained that the proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile would bring 5,000 jobs back to America

Highlights from the Symposium on Jobs, Justice and the American Dream

Civil rights activists, worker activists, elected leaders, academics and young people discuss Dr. King's vision of a just America and the need for a comprehensive jobs agenda.

CWA President Larry Cohen Discusses Jobs on The Ed Show

CWA President Larry Cohen discusses President Obama's jobs speech, collective bargaining rights, and the need for movement building.

CWA 9/11 Remembrance

Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, we remember the CWA heroes of September 11, 2001.

Rep Fitzpatrick (PA-08) still hiding from his Constituents

Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick is hiding from his constituents. These voters made at least six visits to his district office to tell him hands off Medicare and Social Security and start creating jobs instead.

Mica feels the heat with District protest

House Transportation Committee Chairman felt the heat as his Constituents protested outside his district office in St Augustine

Cravaack faces public anger at Town Hall

US Rep Chip Cravaack (MN-8) faced public anger over his votes to kill jobs, pell grants and Social Security at a hastily convened Town Hall meeting in Duluth.

CNNMoney Reports: Unions Fight for Survival

Houston sends a message to FAA Shutdown King

Middle class Americans protested John Mica at a fundraiser in George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Houston

CWA 1103 Fights Verizon Greed - Wisconsin Style

CWA 1103 friends, family and neighbors gather to support Verizon strikers.

Verizon Wireless Picket in Las Vegas, NV

Workers from CWA Local 9413 picket the Verizon Store in S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas NV.

CWA Strike for a Fair Contract! 395 Flatbush Ave Ext (NY)

CWA Families on the Line

CWA Local 1103 families picketing together at Verizon Wireless

Verizon: We stand with you in Atlanta!

Check out this great video of Atlanta JwJ, CWA, and Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council in action against Verizon Wireless

MSNBC: Verizon workers in sixth day of strike

Verizon Workers Fight Back

Incredible video footage from the picket lines. Hear from Verizon workers what this fight is really about.

CWA President Larry Cohen on the Ed Show, August 11, 2011

CWA President Larry Cohen on the Ed Schultz Show on MSNBC discussing our fight for middle-class jobs and a better standard of living for everyone.

Verizon Wireless Strike Support Action, Oakland, CA

California members support the Verizon strike in Oakland, CA

Scab manager can’t make cross connect

Watch a Stumbling Booby Manager in the wild.

Commemorating Ariel Glaser’s 30th Birthday

The Pediatric AIDS Foundation connects the 30th anniversary of the first AIDS diagnoses in the U.S. with what would have been Ariel Glaser’s 30th birthday.

Verizon Rally 7/30/2011: CWA President Larry Cohen

CWA President Larry Cohen addresses over 15,000 Verizon employees who took to the streets of New York City to demand good jobs and a fair contract.

Verizon Rally 7/30/2011: CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton (Part 2 of 2)

CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton addresses over 15,000 Verizon employees who took to the streets of New York City to demand good jobs and a fair contract. (part 2 of 2)

Verizon Rally 7/30/2011: CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton (Part 1 of 2)

CWA District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton addresses over 15,000 Verizon employees who took to the streets of New York City to demand good jobs and a fair contract. (part 1 of 2)

Verizon Rally 7/30/2011: CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney

CWA District 2-13 Vice President Ed Mooney addresses over 15,000 Verizon employees who took to the streets of New York City to demand good jobs and a fair contract.

Verizon Rally 7/30/2011: IBEW President Ed Hill

IBEW President Ed Hill addresses over 15,000 Verizon employees who took to the streets of New York City to demand good jobs and a fair contract.

Whatever It Takes

Over 15,000 CWA and IBEW took to the streets outside Verizon's NYC headquarters on July 30th

Get Ready to Strike!

CWA Members perform at the NYC Rally

We Will Strike You!

The crowd at NYC Rally sings "We will, we will strike you!"

T-Mobile Workers Win Union Voice in Connecticut

T-Mobile techs in Connecticut recently voted to join CWA-TU. They are the first T-Mobile workers to join a union in the USA.

CWA: Standing Up and Taking it To the Streets

CWA members are standing up to attacks on workers across the country.

It’s About Good Jobs at Verizon

Verizon is on the attack. Districts 1, 2, and 13 and IBEW stand united and ready to fight for the good union jobs and middle class standard of living we've earned. Join the mobilization!

Colombian Trade Unionists Press Conference

A delegation of brave Colombian trade unionists held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on 6/16/2011 to outline their opposition to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Rep. Miller on the House floor on Colombia Trade Agreement - 5.12.2011

On May 12, 2011, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the ranking member on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, took to the floor to decry the proposed Colombia Trade Agreement.

CWA District 4 Vice President Seth Rosen speaking at Indiana Rally

Seth Rosen speaking in Indiana at April 4th, 2011 "We Are One" Rally

Fox2Now: Union Members March For Civil And Workers Rights

Wisconsin’s Recall Effort

Advertisment about the workers' rights-inspired recall movement in Wisconsin, featuring CWA member Betsy LaFontaine.

Thousands of union supporters march through downtown LA

Video of ABC7's coverage of Solidarity Saturday in LA. Click here to go the ABC7's article about the protest.

T-Mobile Worker Speaks at White House Forum

T-Mobile call center worker Liliana Bequer joins a panel at the White House to discuss workplace organizing.

Health Care Reform and Implications for Our Collectively Bargained Plans

Presented at CWA Telecommunications & Technologies Conference Jacksonville, Florida March 2011

International Women’s Day 2011

A terrific and visually interesting video from our friends at UNI celebrating International Women's Day.

Let Us Compete

CWA urges Congress to support the F-136 Joint Strike Fighter Alternative Engine Program.

Senator Tom Udall Thanks CWA Members

Senator Tom Udall thanks CWA members for their work in support of Senate rules changes.

Senator Merkley Thanks CWA Members

Senator Jeff Merkley thanks CWA members for their work in support of Senate rules changes.

IUE-CWA Member Chris Thompson on Green Jobs

IUE-CWA Member Chris Thompson discusses the importance of green practices in manufacturing and how his DMAX diesel-engine plant implemented a landfill free process.

Senator Harkin Thanks CWA Members

Senator Tom Harkin thanks CWA members for their work in support of Senate rules changes.

2011 Green Jobs Conference Plenary: Building a Movement

Panel discussion at the 2011 Good Jobs Green Jobs conference on how union members and environmentalists are working together to build a better future. Panelists include CWA President Larry Cohen.

Overview of Senate Rules Reform

The current rules that govern the Senate are hurting our democracy. Find out why and what you can do make the Senate more accountable.

Senator Bernie Sanders on the War Against the Middle Class

On the floor of the United States Senate, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) stands up for working and middle class families against corporate greed and the huge and growing income gap.

Public Safety Officer Employee-Employer Cooperation Act

CWA President Larry Cohen encourages all CWA members to contact their Senators to ask them to vote for S.1611, the Public Safety Officer Employee-Employer Cooperation Act.

2010 MidTerm Elections: Moving Forward

CWA President Larry Cohen discusses moving forward on our four key issues Secure and Sustainable Jobs, Retirement Security, Health Care for All and Bargaining and Organizing Rights.

STRM Denuncia

In a disgraceful example of global union-busting, 20,000 workers at Telefonica owned Atento in Mexico City who tried to vote for real representation with STRM were threatened and intimidated.

2010 CWA-COPE Contest Drawing

CWA Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Rechenbach and Executive Vice President Annie Hill draw names for the winners of trips for two to Las Vegas, NV.

Larry Cohen and Barbara Elliott at One Nation

CWA President Larry Cohen and Xerox/EZPass Worker Barbara Elliott address the One Nation Rally.

Larry Cohen on the Open Internet, Jobs and the Digital Divide

CWA President Larry Cohen discusses policies to expand broadband deployment and adoption and how to move forward to protect an open Internet.

Health Reform Explained Video: “Health Reform Hits Main Street”

This short, animated movie -- featuring the "YouToons" -- explains the problems with the current health care system, the changes that are happening now, and the big changes coming in 2014.

What Health Care Reform Means to Retirees

The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Update

Health Care and its Impact on our Collectively Bargained Plans

Timeline of Health Care Reform