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CWA Expands Awareness Program on Threat to Democracy Caused by Corporate Dollars in Politics
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is expanding its national program to educate 700,000 members and their families about the threat to our democracy posed by the U.S. Supreme Court?s Citizens United ruling. That ruling allows corporations to contribute unlimited money to political campaigns because the court determined that corporations also have free speech and other rights that individuals are granted by the U.S. Constitution. CWA?s continued commitment comes as the national AFL-CIO passed a statement endorsing action to overturn the Citizens United ruling at its winter meeting in Orlando, Florida.
In Alabama, Voting Rights, Civil Rights Still Under Attack
News
March 8, 2012
About 125 CWA members and leaders from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and other states, are a big part of this week's Selma to Montgomery, Ala., march and rally.
Cohen: Movement Building for Economic Justice and Democracy
News
March 1, 2012
Achieving workers' rights and economic justice, addressing climate change and creating good-paying, sustainable jobs all depend on fixing our broken democracy, CWA President Larry Cohen told participants, including a large group of CWAers, at the Good Jobs Green Jobs conference in Atlanta last week.
Vote on FAA Reauthorization is Attack on Workers' Bargaining Rights
News
February 9, 2012
The 157 House and 15 Senate Democrats who voted no on the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization made it clear: democracy isn't a choice between jobs and workers' rights.
CWA: Senate Vote on FAA Reauthorization Caves in to Minority's Ideological Agenda
Press Release
With today's vote, the Senate has caved in to the ideological agenda of House Speaker John Boehner and used the FAA Reauthorization process to destroy workers' rights and democracy. .