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VIDEO: Obamacare Call Center Workers Joined by CWA, NAACP Presidents, Rep. Thompson, & More for National Press Conference Calling on Federal Contractor Maximus to Raise Pay, Benefits and Respect Right to Organize
CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Congressman Bennie Thompson, and Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable and other allies joined Obamacare and Medicare call center workers who are employed by the federal government’s largest federal call center contractor, Maximus, to call on Maximus for affordable healthcare, a living wage of at least $25 per hour, and the freedom to organize a union free from employer intimidation.
CWA Union Petitions Governor for Oversight of Telecom Provider Zirrus
CWA has petitioned Governor Roy Cooper to ensure that unlawful anti-union activities by the Yadkin Valley telecommunications provider, Zirrus, have not put the state’s broadband grant at greater risk of scrutiny by the federal government.
CWA Applauds the Confirmation of Anna Gomez to the FCC
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Anna Gomez as a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
CWA Union Exposes Unlawful Retaliation by Yadkin Valley Telecoms Provider Zirrus
Union members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) across North Carolina joined together in Yadkinville, N.C., to stand up for the rights of an unlawfully fired union supporter at Zirrus, a Yadkin Valley telecommunications provider.
Historic union election win for workers at GE Appliances, a Haier Company, in Orlando
Today, in a groundbreaking development, workers at GE Appliances, a Haier Company, located in Orlando, Florida announced that they voted overwhelmingly in favor of forming a union with IUE-CWA.