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RNC Attacks President Obama on Unemployment? from Overseas Call Center
CWA Chief of Staff Ron Collins: ?Hard to imagine anything more hypocritical than the RNC making calls about U.S. unemployment from a Verizon foreign call center.?
CWA: American Airlines Tries an End Run Around the Law
Washington, D.C. -- Following is a statement by Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America, on the continued effort by American Airlines to stop workers? from having a fair vote on union representation:
?Just when working people thought they?d seen it all, American Airlines makes an even more outrageous play. The latest outrage is a lawsuit the company filed May 2, in which American Airlines seeks to rewrite aviation legislation and substitute its own agenda for that of Congress, so it can stop nearly 10,000 passenger service agents from having a union voice.
CWA Applauds FCC Decision to "Stop the Clock" on Verizon Wireless/Big Cable Proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Communications Workers of America supports the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to "stop the clock" on its review of a proposed deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable operators, noting the action is an important step forward in assuring full disclosure of the potential impact on consumers and the prices they would pay.
CWA APPLAUDS REPS. WAXMAN AND ESHOO FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN HOLDING TELECOM GIANTS ACCOUNTABLE
Citing potentials harms to competition in the wireless industry, Representatives Henry Waxman and Ann Eshoo call on Energy and Commerce Committee for hearings on the Verizon/Cable Spectrum deal.
U.S. Senate Rejects Attack on Workers' Rights, Upholds NLRB Rule Changes
Workers at nearly every company know firsthand how U.S. corporations use delaying tactics to keep workers from making a fair choice about union representation. Today, the U.S. Senate upheld the very modest changes made by the National Labor Relations Board last year to ensure workers have fair and timely elections.