Press Releases

Changes to our planet’s climate are already having drastic effects on the lives of working people. Extreme weather events are occurring with greater frequency and intensity, putting our homes, our jobs, our health and our lives at risk.

At CWA, we have made our commitment toward exposing the harm of unchecked corporate power on working people across the globe clear through our words and actions.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Microsoft are launching “Get Connected,” an initiative to boost enrollment in the Federal Communication Commission’s Affordable Connectivity Program, at a community Labor Day festival in Atlanta, Ga. Additional events are planned throughout September and early October in Detroit, Mich., Memphis, Tenn., New York City, and rural North Carolina.

The win adds to the growing number of Verizon retail locations to have formed a union as workers continue to organize nationwide.

Just over a year after emerging from bankruptcy, Frontier is increasingly outsourcing good union jobs to unregulated subcontracting companies, putting public safety at risk.