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One Nation Working Together
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October 1, 2010
At the Lincoln Memorial, more than 10,000 CWAers were a sea of red. We are One Nation with civil rights and community activists, teachers, environmentalists, members of faith groups and many more. We know our voices can?t be ignored and on Nov. 2, we?ll be One Nation Working Together again, and will elect leaders who will support the fight for jobs, justice and an economy that works for all.
The Great Divergence: What's Causing America's Growing Income Inequality
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October 1, 2010
The Great Divergence coincided with a dramatic decline in the power of organized labor. Union members now account for about 12 percent of the workforce, down from about 20 percent in 1983. When you exclude public-employee unions (whose membership has been growing), union membership has dropped to a mere 7.5 percent of the private-sector workforce. Did the decline of labor create the income-inequality binge?
Two Days to Go: Excitement Builds for One Nation Rally on Sunny Saturday
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September 30, 2010
A lead inside organizer who continues to face a tough fight for a voice at work will be among the speakers, musicians, poets and comedians who will inspire and entertain hundreds of thousands of progressive Americans under sunny skies Saturday at Washington's One Nation rally.
Let Them Eat Cake? Not if Piedmont Gets Its Way
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September 30, 2010
With Piedmont agents' election only one week away, beginning Oct. 7, management has gone off the deep end in its efforts to try intimidate the union supporters.
At a meeting a couple days ago in Charlotte, Piedmont supervisors went ballistic over - can you believe it - two cakes that a CWA supporter ordered for his co-workers to enjoy during a captive-audience meeting by management.
Civil Rights Conference Energizes Members to Fight for Progress in Tough Times
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September 30, 2010
Progress and challenges were the twin focus of the 2010 CWA Civil Rights and Equity Conference, which drew more than 200 members and leaders to New Orleans last week.
The National Civil Rights and Equity Committee spent months planning the conference. The members, one from each CWA district, are Local 1180 Secretary-Treasurer Gloria Middleton; Local 2222 Vice President William Steele; Local 3806 Area Rep (AT&T Mobility) Esther Pond; Local 4123 Secretary-Treasurer Gloria Lamas; Local 6016 Vice President (Avaya) Audry Brown; Local 7800 President Michael Lynch; Local 9413 Executive Vice President Elizabeth Sorenson; and Local 13100 Rep-At-Large Michael Biddle.