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CWA President Chris Shelton Tells Democrats to Focus on Core Labor Issues
GOP Blocks Warren Amendment to Crack Down on Offshoring and Passes Financial Deregulation Bill
Big Banks Get Huge Tax Cuts While Sending Jobs Overseas
A new report from CWA and the Committee for Better Banks shows that those same banks have been aggressively laying off American workers and offshoring jobs.
Big Banks Benefit from Tax Bill, Aggressively Offshore American Jobs
The banking industry is among the biggest beneficiaries from the Republican tax bill passed in December 2017. Yet many U.S. banks have been aggressively offshoring U.S. jobs, especially in the call center and customer service industry, to low-wage countries. Despite these offshoring practices, and their financial windfall from the tax bill, there is no movement from the big banks to return jobs from overseas. In fact, leading analysts believe that the tax bill will encourage the additional offshoring of American jobs.
Thousands of CWAers Mobilize for Working People's Day of Action
Thousands of CWA members in more than 30 cities across the country took to the streets on Saturday for the Working People's Day of Action to demand an end to an economy that's rigged in favor of the wealthiest and most powerful.