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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jun 13, 2013

Bargaining Update

CWA bargaining news.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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Jun 6, 2013

Confirm All Five NLRB Nominees

The rallying cries of “Give Us Five!” are getting louder and louder.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Jun 6, 2013

Bargaining and Organizing Updates

Several bargaining and organizing updates.

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Jun 6, 2013

Building Our Movement

Images from movement building.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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