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Next Steps on Fast Track and TPP Fight
News
June 25, 2015
As expected, on Wednesday, the Senate approved Fast Track trade authority by a 60-38 vote. Separately, the House passed a bill extending Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers who lose their jobs because of trade; those bills were expected to get to the President's desk before Congress left town for its July 4 recess.
Coalition of Activists Continued Fast Track Fight until Last Vote Counted
News
June 25, 2015
In the run-up to the U.S. Senate's vote this week on cloture for Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, CWA activists and grassroots partners across the country rallied in the districts and outside the offices of Democratic Senators, some of whom turned their back on working families.
Roanoke Rally Calls for Action on Voting Rights
News
June 25, 2015
In a summer of voting rights actions across the nation, more than four hundred activists, including busloads of CWA members, held a rally today in Roanoke, Va., to mark the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's Shelby County v. Holder decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act.
CWA Statement on the Murder of Nine African American Citizens in Charleston
Press Release
In the wake of the shootings in Charleston of nine African American citizens, we must stand together and confront the realities that drive such violence.
Breaking: House Leaders Pull Fast One on Fast Track
News
June 18, 2015
Today, House leadership used another gimmick to resurrect Fast Track.