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Three Weeks to Senate Rule Change Vote
News
December 16, 2010
How can we restore democracy and debate to the U.S. Senate? That was topic A at a forum sponsored by Common Cause, where CWA President Larry Cohen, Common Cause President and CEO Bob Edgar, Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and others talked about ways to fix the arcane Senate rules.
NLRB Endorses Majority Sign Up
News
December 16, 2010
In a welcome about-face from the kind of rulings issued by the National Labor Relations Board under the Bush Administration, the NLRB has strongly endorsed workers' ability to choose union representation through majority sign up.
New Research Indicates Nearly Half of U.S. Residents do not Meet Minimum Broadband Speed Standard
Press Release
CWA's fourth Speed Matters report shows that the U.S. has a long way to go to catch up to international broadband speed standards.
Consensus Today, Broadband for All Tomorrow
Press Release
Read the op-ed by CWA President Larry Cohen and President and CEO Marc Morial of the National Urban League on the need for broadband buildout.
Obstruction Watch: Senate Kills Public Safety Bargaining Bill
News
December 9, 2010
Fifty-five Senators voted to have a full discussion and debate on a bill to give public safety officers collective bargaining rights.
But under the current Senate rules, a majority just isn?t enough. That majority vote couldn?t overcome the 40 Republicans and three Democrats who killed the bill by not allowing it to be debated by the full Senate. All Republicans plus Democrats Mark Warner (Va.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) voted against full discussion of the bill.