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CWA Secretary-Treasurer Steffens Attends White House Event Celebrating the Affordable Connectivity Program
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February 17, 2022
The Affordable Connectivity Program, funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, helps families and households stay connected by making internet service more affordable.
Communications Workers of America Calls for Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Implementation to Prioritize High-Road Employers, Highly-Trained Workers and Fiber-to-the-Premise
Press Release
CWA is calling for the NTIA to ensure that states harness the multi-billion dollar effort to create high quality jobs and address low-road subcontracting.
CWA President Chris Shelton Named to Telecommunications Interagency Working Group
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January 20, 2022
CWA President Chris Shelton has been named by Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as the labor organization representative on the 12-person Telecommunications Interagency Working Group (TIWG).
CWA President Chris Shelton Named to Telecommunications Interagency Working Group
Press Release
Communications Workers of America President Chris Shelton has been named by Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as the labor organization representative on the 12-person Telecommunications Interagency Working Group (TIWG). The TIWG was established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to develop recommendations to address the workforce needs of the telecommunications industry as part of the Act’s historic investments in broadband.
CWA Activists Continue to Fight for Equitable Broadband Access and Good Jobs
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December 23, 2021
Thanks to the leadership and the activism of CWAers, the $65 billion allocated in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand our nation’s broadband networks will help states across the country bring their telecommunications infrastructure into the 21st century.