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American Airlines Agent Ad-Hoc Committee Gets Its Day in Court
News
February 3, 2012
An ad hoc committee of passenger service agents organizing for a CWA voice at American Airlines convinced a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block a huge multimillion dollar payoff by parent company AMR Corp. to financial firms working on the airline's bankruptcy reorganization.
New Senior Group to Educate, Mobilize Retirees in Key 2012 Battleground State of Virginia
News
February 2, 2012
This Tuesday, 43 delegates and 8 guests convened to found the Virginia Alliance for Retired Americans. The Virginia Alliance will be an active part of the four million member national organization that works to mobilize retirees, senior and community activists into a nationwide grassroots movement to advocate a progressive political and social agenda - one that respects work and strengthens families. Members of the state and national Alliance come from a variety of trades and backgrounds.
Single Payer Fails by Two Votes in California Senate
News
February 2, 2012
Progressives in California continue the push for a better health care system.
700,000-Member Communications Workers of America Endorses Re-election of President Barack Obama
Press Release
The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America today endorsed the re-election of President Barack Obama as President of the United States. In a unanimous endorsement, CWA's Executive Board said:
"In the last year, we've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader."
"In the last year, we've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader."
Twenty-Five Bipartisan House Members Co-Sponsoring "US Call Center Worker & Consumer Protection Act"
Press Release
As nearly a thousand local leaders from all 50 states swarmed Capitol Hill today, the Communications Workers of America announced the ever-growing bi-partisan support for the job creating ?U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act? now includes an additional seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives who signed on this week.