News

Applications for CWA's annual Joe Beirne Scholarship Foundation awards are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 school year. This year the foundation's Board of Directors has approved the awarding of 30 partial scholarships of up to $3,000 each.

Straight-faced, looking straight into the camera, GOP presidential candidate John McCain tells Midwestern working – and out-of-work -- families that, "I know NAFTA was a good idea. It's created millions of jobs."

CWA and the United Steelworkers (USW) have agreed to work together in Virginia and Indiana to get information about candidates in this year's elections to all members in those states and to boost voter turnout in November.

Honolulu Advertiser workers fighting for a fair contract at their Gannett-owned newspaper made union history last week when reporters staged what's believed to be the country's first "blog strike."

Final approval by the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission permits the sale of Verizon Communications operations in northern New England to FairPoint Communications to go forward, but the campaign waged by CWA, the IBEW and elected officials and community groups throughout the three states resulted in real improvements in the final deal that will help support quality service.