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In 2019, CWA’s Convention delegates passed the Steward Strong resolution, directing CWA staff to design a program to redefine the role of stewards, with a focus on building worker power and generating pressure on employers to address workplace needs for our members.

Freedom from discrimination within our Union is a right and privilege of all CWA members. Any abridgement of this right and privilege shall be subject to a complaint under the CWA Internal Appeals Procedures and should be investigated immediately without fear of reprisal and retaliation.

Since the start of the pandemic, CWA activists and leaders have been pushing employers to implement protections and precautions against the spread of COVID-19 and advocating for workplace infectious disease standards at the state and federal level.

For 85 years, corporate special interests have spent billions to deploy an army of lobbyists and lawyers to orchestrate a relentless campaign to disempower working people. We are fighting back, and with a new president and a new Congress we have the opportunity to rebuild worker power.

On Tuesday, in a bipartisan vote, the U.S. House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, one of CWA's top priorities for building worker power.