Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Glenn E. Watts, who led the Communications Workers of America from 1974 until his retirement in 1985, died Friday, August 30, at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C., after suffering complications from surgery. He was 82.

GARDENA, CA – Ending a two-year struggle to gain a voice and a contract on the job, workers at Quadrtech voted August 3 to accept a $675,000 settlement that brings them a measure of economic justice and the respect they had demanded from the start.

Washington, D.C. - A delegation of trade unionists from the United States will leave for Taiwan on Saturday, July 20, as part of an educational tour designed to promote discussion of the state of workers' rights in the United States with educators, community leaders, student groups and others.

Washington, D.C. – In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission, the Communications Workers of America urged approval of the request by BellSouth Corp. to enter the long distance markets in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Washington, D.C. – The head of the union representing 30,000 employees at Qwest Communications hailed the company's new CEO as "one of the best in the business" and called on the investment community to "give this leadership team a chance to turn the company around."