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CWA and Ver.di to T-Mobile: Respect All Your Workers' Rights
News
June 21, 2018
CWA President Chris Shelton traveled to Liverpool, England, this week to participate in UNI Global Union's Global Congress.
CWA Commends Democrats for Introducing Workers' Freedom to Negotiate Act
News
June 21, 2018
As CWAers fight for higher wages and to protect the right to join together to create better workplaces, Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House introduced strong new legislation to help achieve those goals.
Ellison Introduces Bill to Ban Harmful Corporate Stock Buybacks
News
June 21, 2018
Instead of using their massive windfall from the Republican corporate tax cut bill to create jobs and raise workers' wages, corporations have been funneling their profits back into their companies through buybacks.
After American Airlines Authorizes $2 Billion in Stock Buybacks, over 30 Members of Congress Call on Company to Raise Wages for Passenger Service Agents
Press Release
Amid growing concern about corporate stock buybacks in the wake of the Republican tax bill, Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) led thirty-one members of Congress in sending a letter to American Airlines CEO Doug Parker calling on the company to invest in its workforce. Despite promises that tax windfalls would be used to raise wages and create jobs, American Airlines recently authorized $2 billion in stock buybacks over the next two years.