CWA's Mission Statement

Improve the standard of living for our current and future members;
Organize new workers into the union to bring the benefits of collective bargaining to the unorganized;
Reaffirm our commitment to universal service so that all Americans have equal access to the information highway;
Educate our members to vote in their own best interests and to build community coalitions at the national and local levels to support workers' rights.

——from President Morton Bahr's
Opening Address at CWA's 56th Annual Convention
June 13, 1994