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Subsidized Gulf State Airlines Means Lost Jobs, Declining Service for U.S. Workers and Communities
In an op-ed in Aviation Weekly, CWA President Chris Shelton asked, "What's the point of an 'Open Skies' agreement if partner countries can routinely violate the rules and put the jobs of U.S. airline workers at risk?"
CWA's Website Has a New Look
If you've visited our CWA-Union.org website this week you may have noticed a few changes.
Application Reminder: 2016 CWA Joe Beirne Foundation Scholarship
Applications for CWA Joe Beirne Foundation scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year are now being accepted through April 29.
Fighting Back: CWA Activists and Allies Are Taking on Wall Street and the 1 Percent
About 10,000 CWAers and allies joined the kickoff of CWA’s national campaign, Take on Wall Street. On a telephone town hall call in February, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and CWA President Chris Shelton talked about how we will stop Wall Street abuses and the “too big to fail” banks.
Taking on Wall Street
Working people are angry. Wall Street and the big banks are devouring this country’s wealth – feasting on our jobs, our benefits and our pensions. We see it at the bargaining table, in bad trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in attacks on workers’ rights and in the corrupt campaign finance system that ensures that only the voices of the billionaire class are heard in our democracy.