CWA: Journey for Justice Goes Forward with Fight for Voting Rights

Washington, D.C. – Following is a statement by Christopher Shelton, president of the Communications Workers of America:

All along the 860-mile journey, CWA members have been proud participants in "America's Journey for Justice,” pushing back against new attacks on the right to vote across the country.

From Selma, Ala., to Washington, D.C., we’ve joined our allies and followed in the footsteps of the past generation of civil rights leaders who at great personal cost stood for the rights of all to fully participate in our nation and our democracy.

Today, just as 50 years ago, we must build a movement to secure our freedom. This means freedom from want, by expanding good jobs and fair wages, and as well as our democratic freedoms, like the right to vote. That’s the only way to ensure a truly participatory democracy by and for the people.

We’ll be taking that message to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, who must declare which side they’re on: the side of justice and democracy for all or the extremists who continue to assault our democracy.

CWA is proud to stand with the NAACP and all our partners in the Democracy Initiative who are part of the Journey for Justice. Only by joining together as we’re doing today, can we create a society and a community where everyone has an equal voice and an equal chance.

Contact: Candice Johnson, CWA Communications, 202-434-1168, cjohnson@cwa-union.org