Press Releases

The Newspaper Guild/CWA's newly formed Committee on the Future of Journalism asserts that, "American journalism is going through a period of self-analysis and conscience-searching that is comparable only to the period of the 1950's when Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was able to manipulate the press in a fashion that brought shame and shock to the entire country."

The Communications Workers of America has petitioned the National Mediation Board to hold a representation election among some 15,000 passenger service professionals at American Airlines operations nationwide. The NMB will review the petition and set terms for a mail ballot election.

The Communications Workers of America has petitioned the National Mediation Board to hold a representation election among passenger service agents serving the six major hubs of American Eagle airline operations.

By a greater than 3-to-1 margin, members of the Communications Workers of America at Southern New England Telephone ratified a new contract that provides general and equity wage increases for workers across job titles, among other contract gains.

The Communications Workers of America has reached a tentative agreement with Southern New England Telephone covering some 6,300 workers, members of CWA Local 1298/Connecticut Union of Telephone Workers.