May 10, 2012

American Airlines Agents in Bankruptcy Court to Protest AMR’s Cuts

More than 100 American Airlines agents and CWA supporters today asked a federal bankruptcy court to stop AMR Corporation from implementing drastic, cost-cutting changes in pay, benefits and working conditions in advance of their union representation election.

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May 10, 2012

CWA State Workers Reach Tentative Deal in New Jersey

CWA State Workers reached a tentative agreement with New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Details are being presented to members and will be available as the ratification process goes forward.

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May 10, 2012

CWA Demands Public Trans-Pacific Trade Talks

CWA and its progressive allies on Saturday will march on corporate America's latest power grab: The Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.

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May 10, 2012

Real Bargaining Rights Produce Big Gains for ver.di Members at T-Mobile

In a big victory for Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile workers, ver.di — the union representing more than 2 million workers — announced a tentative agreement with DT that provides for a 6.5 percent pay increase over two years for 50,000 workers in Germany. Negotiations are continuing for workers at DT's T-Systems unit.

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May 10, 2012

CWA LPATs Gear Up for 2012 Election

Gearing up for the 2012 presidential election, CWA LPAT activists from around the country gathered last week for three days of political action training.

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May 15, 2012

American Airlines Agents Press NMB to Move Forward on Union Election

More than 23,000 agents and supporters sign petition calling on the NMB to enforce the law.

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May 14, 2012

Bank of America Joins the Big Bank Off-Shoring Party

Disturbing news out of the Philippines highlights the fact that “too big to fail” titan Bank of America is moving its call center operations to the Philippines – joining the other leading Wall Street banks in once again leaving American workers behind in a pursuit of profits at any cost. Further, the fact that the Filipino call center industry lacks basic security precautions to protect Americans’ financial information from fraudulent activity that has become commonplace in foreign call centers demands further scrutiny.

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May 11, 2012

CWA: Real Rules Reform Needed in U.S. Senate

Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke out in favor of U.S. Senate rules reform, in light of unceasing politically-motivated obstruction and continued Republican abuse of the filibuster. We commend Senate Majority Leader Reid for his remarks and for recognizing that the reform minded Senators were right, after all – that rules reforms are needed to ensure that the U.S. Senate lives up to its great traditions and is capable of meeting the challenges of our time.

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May 9, 2012

CWA: Rights and Liberties of the U.S. Constitution Must Apply to All

The Communications Workers of America stands with the President and those who support equality and human rights. We oppose all discrimination and recognize the direct linkage between civil and workers' rights, and the attempts to divide Americans based on these issues.

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May 9, 2012

CWA: Secret Trans-Pacific Trade Negotiations Will Harm Jobs, Communities, Environment

The Trans-Pacific free trade agreement is being negotiated in secret for good reason: for workers, jobs, communities and the environment, it promises only bad news, the Communications Workers of America said.

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