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NLRB Rules Changes are First Step To Ending Unnecessary Delay
Press Release
The NLRB proposes changes to end some of the delay that drags out representation elections for months and even years.
New Jersey Public Workers Protest Sell-Out by State Legislators
News
June 17, 2011
About 10,000 CWAers and union activists from New Jersey filled the streets Thursday outside the state capitol in Trenton to protest a deal between Gov. Chris Christie and some legislators that would take away the right of public workers to bargain over health care and pensions.
CWA National Call: A Hot Summer Ahead for Bargaining, Political Fights
News
June 17, 2011
With major bargaining fights underway and the ongoing battles to protect workers' rights at the state level, summer is going to be hotter than ever for the labor movement, CWA President Larry Cohen told thousands of activists on Thursday night's "virtual town hall" conference call.
Wisconsin Workers 'Undaunted' in Face of Supreme Court Ruling
News
June 17, 2011
Wisconsin workers aren't down or out, despite the blow their state's Supreme Court dealt this week as it gave Gov. Scott Walker a green light to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees.
Workers at Trane Hold Line Against Health Care Cost Increases
News
June 17, 2011
IUE-CWA Local 81455 members at Trane in Trenton, N.J., have overwhelmingly ratified a new contract that caps workers' share of health care costs. The four-year agreement covers nearly 900 workers who make residential central air conditioning units.