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AFA-CWA Sues Spirit Airlines for Equal Health Benefits for Domestic Partners

News
January 17, 2013
AFA-CWA has filed a lawsuit against Spirit Airlines for denying equal health care benefits to employees? legally recognized domestic partners. The lawsuit accuses the airline?s management of exploiting procedural loopholes to avoid this contractual obligation and forcing domestic partners into a lower-quality health care plan than the one covering other employees.

Cohen: "No Democracy in the World Operates Like This"

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January 16, 2013

CWA President Larry Cohen appeared on PoliticsNation last night to talk about the urgent need for filibuster reform.

“You can name almost any issue that we all care about – whether it’s workers’ rights, whether it’s health care reform, whether it’s immigration, DISCLOSE Act, fighting foreclosures. None of those bills ever get the floor,” he told host Al Sharpton. “They filibuster the motion to proceed. They don’t talk. They can call the cloak room from anywhere in the country, and one senator objects. And then it takes 60 to move the bill forward. This is a disgrace. No democracy in the world operates like this.”

Union Vote Falls Short, CWA Stands with American Airlines Agents

Press Release
The vote for union representation among passenger service agents at American Airlines fell 150 votes short of the required majority of voting agents, but the Communications Workers of America will continue to work with agents for a voice on the job and in their future. The National Mediation Board announced the vote today.