The CWA News

While federal law must ultimately be changed to protect workers across the country, state and local governments can take action to strengthen worker rights. State and local policies have the potential to raise wages and benefits; create jobs; strengthen worker dignity, voice, and health and safety on the job; and help reverse the increasing income inequality that has harmed workers and our economy for many years.

CWA members never stop organizing. As union members, we recognize our responsibility to help other workers win a voice at work through collective action.

For 85 years, corporate special interests have spent billions to deploy an army of lobbyists and lawyers to orchestrate a relentless campaign to disempower working people. We are fighting back, and with a new president and a new Congress we have the opportunity to rebuild worker power.

When workers organize, mobilize, and strike together we can build power and win the wages, benefits, and working conditions we need and deserve.

Several extremely wealthy CEOs and investors have made it their mission to make sure nothing stands in their way as they cut jobs, drive down wages, reduce benefits, and gut health and safety regulations. CWA leaders anticipated these challenges.