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VIDEO: Obamacare Call Center Workers Joined by CWA, NAACP Presidents, Rep. Thompson, & More for National Press Conference Calling on Federal Contractor Maximus to Raise Pay, Benefits and Respect Right to Organize
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CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Congressman Bennie Thompson, and Cassandra Welchlin, Executive Director of Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable and other allies joined Obamacare and Medicare call center workers who are employed by the federal government’s largest federal call center contractor, Maximus, to call on Maximus for affordable healthcare, a living wage of at least $25 per hour, and the freedom to organize a union free from employer intimidation.
CWA Union Petitions Governor for Oversight of Telecom Provider Zirrus
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CWA has petitioned Governor Roy Cooper to ensure that unlawful anti-union activities by the Yadkin Valley telecommunications provider, Zirrus, have not put the state’s broadband grant at greater risk of scrutiny by the federal government.
CWA Applauds the Confirmation of Anna Gomez to the FCC
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The Communications Workers of America (CWA) applauds the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Anna Gomez as a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
Celebrating Labor Day By Showing Up for Each Other
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September 7, 2023
In his Labor Day message, CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. urged CWA members to recommit to the fight for dignity and respect for all working people.
CWA Members Fight Back Against Unlawful Firing of Zirrus Activist
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September 7, 2023
When Tyler Hicks spoke up last week in a captive audience meeting, he knew it was his right to join a union freely. But his employer Zirrus, a telecommunications provider in North Carolina, fired him the very next day.