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NABET-CWA Members Stand Firm as Contract Fight Heads to Mediation
News
July 8, 2010
NABET-CWA has been in tough bargaining with PBS, the nation's public broadcasting network, for a new contract covering some 50 technicians, editors and satellite workers, members of Local 52031.
Court Upholds NMB's New Democratic Airline Election Rules
News
July 1, 2010
In rejecting the airline industry's challenge to new, democratic rules governing representation elections for airline and railroad workers, U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman said the National Mediation Board was fully within its rights to change the rules, and that the agency demonstrated "that the change is essential."
Local 9413 Hospital Workers in Reno Nearly Unanimous in First Contract Vote
News
July 1, 2010
Technical workers at St. Mary's Hospital in Reno, Nev., will get a 9.5 percent raise over the next two years under a first contract that the new members of CWA Local 9413 ratified overwhelmingly Tuesday night.
AFA-CWA Applauds Court's Decision to Uphold Democratic Elections
Press Release
Washington, DC ?Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) International President Patricia A. Friend issued the following statement today after the United States District Court in the District Of Columbia supported new voting procedures proposed by the National Mediation Board (NMB).
Civil Rights, Labor & Environmental Leaders Call on Congress to Clarify FCC Authority for Broadband
News
June 24, 2010
Leaders representing eight national civil rights, labor, and environmental organizations urged Congress to act quickly to clarify the Federal Communications Commission's authority to protect an Open Internet and apply Universal Service funding to broadband.