Press Releases

Amid the nationwide infrastructure buildout funded by the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), CWA is a primary awardee or partner on approximately $7 million in grants from the Department of Labor for worker-driven apprenticeship programs.

Today, Veronica Puentes, a manufacturing worker from Crookston, Minn., testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, sharing how public investment through the bipartisan infrastructure bill and her union job gave her a second chance at life.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) stands in full support and solidarity with the 150,000 members of the UAW as their contracts at the Big Three automakers expire and they prepare to go on strike.

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) filed an amicus brief today in support of Microsoft, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, as the company faces an appeal from the FTC over its acquisition of game developer Activision-Blizzard. Central to the union’s support is the landmark, legally enforceable labor neutrality agreement that Microsoft entered into with CWA in June 2022 which, if the merger is approved, would allow workers at Activision-Blizzard to freely make a choice about union representation.

Protecting and maintaining local broadcasting in the U.S. means making sure that broadcasting industry workers have good, union jobs and a strong voice in public policy impacting the broadcast industry.