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15,000 Verizon Workers Jam NY City Streets for A Fair Contract
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August 4, 2011
More than 15,000 Verizon workers and allies turned downtown New York City streets into a sea of red shirts last Saturday to fight the company's effort to gut decades of bargained for gains in pensions, health care, sick leave, pay and more.
Tell Congress to Restore the FAA
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July 28, 2011
In an outrageous attack on workers' rights that has furloughed 100,000 workers, House Republicans are refusing to reauthorize funding for the FAA unless the bill is stripped of provisions for fair and democratic union elections at airlines.
NY Retirees Protest Congresswoman's Medicare, Social Security Votes
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July 28, 2011
Several CWA retirees got a jump start on August Accountability Month, joining a coalition of activists last week at the office of a New York congresswoman who voted for the Paul Ryan budget and its attacks on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
Historic March for Jobs and Justice Set for Aug. 27 on National Mall
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July 21, 2011
A massive march for jobs and justice on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will cap an action-filled August as CWA members and allies nationwide fight for workers at town hall meetings, rallies and festivals.
CWA Women's Committee and the Coalition of Labor Union Women Pledge Increased Labor Unity
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July 6, 2011
Women's rights are under attack from right-wing politicians in state houses across the country spearheaded by politicians determined to set back hard fought gains earned by working women. In support of women everywhere, the CWA National Women's Committee and the CWA Human Rights Department under the direction of CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill want to highlight the work of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) for years of dedicated, outstanding service to all women.