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Customer Service Professionals Month Recognizes Workers in a Tough Profession
Press Release
October is Customer Service Professionals month and the start of a major campaign to focus attention on the issues facing customer service and call center workers.
Communications Workers of America Endorses Occupy Wall Street Movement
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America Executive Board has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Occupy Wall Street activists joined CWA members demonstrating for quality jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless, and CWA members will join the demonstrations to focus public attention on the impact of Wall Street?s greed on ordinary Americans.
CenturyLink of Missouri Contract Update
News
October 4, 2011
Happy to report that CenturyLink of Missouri contract was ratified overwhelmingly on Friday.
Colombia Free Trade Agreement is a Flawed Plan, Will Not Improve Workers' Lives in Colombia
Press Release
The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is flawed and should not be approved by Congress.
"iWon't": Unions and Allies Target New iPhone and Tax Loopholes
News
October 3, 2011
The Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, joined by allies including MoveOn.org, the AFL-CIO, US Action, Jobs with Justice, and the National People?s Alliance announced the next stage in the fight for middle-class jobs at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.
The groups are launching the nationwide iWont Campaign, asking Americans to delay upgrading to the new iPhone on Verizon Wireless until the company agrees to a fair contract with its workers. The campaign, which includes online outreach by MoveOn.org and other groups, advertising, grassroots outreach and leafleting at hundreds of Verizon Wireless stores, is timed around the launch of Apple?s new iPhone.
The groups are launching the nationwide iWont Campaign, asking Americans to delay upgrading to the new iPhone on Verizon Wireless until the company agrees to a fair contract with its workers. The campaign, which includes online outreach by MoveOn.org and other groups, advertising, grassroots outreach and leafleting at hundreds of Verizon Wireless stores, is timed around the launch of Apple?s new iPhone.