News

The Newspaper Guild of New York, CWA Local 31003, has filed several unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board over the anti-union actions of Writers Guild of America East management.

Ramp and gate agents at Piedmont Airlines are gearing up for a CWA representation election that begins on January 22.

IUE-CWA reacted angrily to the revelation in a Jan. 2 court filing of Delphi’s intention to reward Chairman Robert S. Miller with an $8.3 million bonus – previously undisclosed in the company's executive compensation plan -- for leading the auto parts maker through bankruptcy.

As regulators in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine express concern over Verizon's proposed sale of its phone business to a small North Carolina company, FairPoint Communications, CWA has proposed that governors and lawmakers in the three states consider forming an independent company to buy and operate the telecommunications network.

The National Labor Relations Board has dealt yet another blow to workers' rights, ruling in a case involving CWA journalists that employers can ban union-related messages from being sent through a company's e-mail system.