Jun 13, 2013
You Won’t Want to Miss the Next CWA Town Hall Call: June 20
Join next week’s CWA Town Hall Call on Thursday, June 20, at 7:30 p.m. ET to take a stand and learn how you can fight back.
Jun 13, 2013
Activists Push ‘Give Me 5 NLRB Members’ Message on Capitol Hill
Union activists spent two days on Capitol Hill, telling senators and staff that the Senate majority must confirm all five NLRB nominees to ensure 80 million workers to have rights under federal law.
Jun 13, 2013
CWA Activists Hit the Streets for Mississippi Candidates
Mississippi state employees campaigned hard for Jackson city council member Chokwe Lumumba, securing him a landslide win in his mayoral election last week.
Jun 13, 2013
Moral Mondays
CWA activists are joining the “Moral Mondays” in North Carolina, a growing non-violent direct action targeting the state’s Republican general assembly and governor.
Jun 13, 2013
Fight Goes on at Peabody/Patriot Coal
The United Mine Workers is appealing the decision of a federal bankruptcy judge that approved Patriot Coal Corp.’s plan to throw out its collective bargaining agreements and slash retiree benefits.
Jun 13, 2013
Senate Begins Debate on Immigration Reform
The Senate opened debate on comprehensive immigration reform this week, with many amendments expected to be proposed to the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, S. 744.
Jun 13, 2013
Sing It Out Loud!
At a recent activist training in Albany, NY, CWA District 1 health care workers sang a unique rendition of Elvis’s “Love Me Tender.” They called it, “Ouch, I’m Tender.”
Jun 13, 2013
A Father’s Day Poem
Paul Romaine is the son of a longtime CWA member, Wilbur Ernest Romaine, who worked for Verizon/NewYork Telephone for 35 years.
Jun 6, 2013
Cohen to Dems: Which Side Are You On?
In a recent appearance on The Ed Show, CWA President Larry Cohen offered all of us a way to talk about the importance of confirming all five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.
Jun 6, 2013
Confirm All Five NLRB Nominees
The rallying cries of “Give Us Five!” are getting louder and louder.
Jun 6, 2013
TSA Drops Policy Allowing Knives on Planes
The Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday dropped a new policy change that would have allowed knives on planes for the first time since the 9/11 hijackings.
Jun 6, 2013
Support for T-Mobile USA Workers Builds in U.S. and Germany
In Germany and the U.S., workers and allies are keeping up the pressure on T-Mobile and parent Deutsche Telekom, calling on the company to recognize the rights of U.S. workers to a union, a workplace free from intimidation, and respect.
Jun 6, 2013
Save Chicago Sun-Times Photographers
The Chicago Newspaper Guild picketed the Chicago Sun-Times building this morning in support of the 28 photojournalists who were abruptly fired last week.
Jun 6, 2013
CWA Urges Senate to Confirm the President’s Judicial Nominations
CWA commended President Obama for announcing three new nominations to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday, and called on the Senate to confirm those nominations.
Jun 6, 2013
CWA: Senate Must Restore Worker Protections to the Immigration Bill
The following is a statement by Communications Workers of America President Larry Cohen on restoring worker protections to the Senate immigration bill.
Jun 6, 2013
CWA and the Democracy Initiative Travel to Netroots Nation
What are the three keys to reclaiming our democracy? CWA President Larry Cohen will have the answers during his Netroots Nation panel on June 21.
May 30, 2013
CWAers in N.Y. Campaign for Public Election Financing
Training turned into action in New York State’s Hudson Valley as CWA members joined their elected representatives and other like-minded citizens in the push for publically financed campaigns in New York.
