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Also in Fall 2012
- In Their Own Words
- Voter Harassment, Circa 2012
- Working Together -- Election 2012: The Choice is Clear for American Workers
- Why I'm an Activist
- What happens if GOP's voter suppression works?
- CWA, Allies to Register 25,000 New Pennsylvania Voters
- CWAers Running for Office
- Get Money Out of Politics
- Protect Collective Bargaining
- Voter Suppression Threatens To Turn Back The Clock
- Without Unions, Middle Class Families Are Worse Off: Here's Proof
- Presidential Candidates on the Issues
More Wins for Workers
Over the past four years, the Obama administration has moved to protect workers’ rights, pay, health and safety on the job in these areas:
• In 2009, the president appointed Mark Pearce, a CWA attorney, and Craig Becker, an SEIU attorney, to the National Labor Relations Board.
• The president named former AFA-CWA President Linda Puchala to head the National Mediation Board, making it finally possible for union elections in the airline and transportation industries to follow democratic election standards.
• Airport screeners who had been denied bargaining rights under the Bush administration finally got the right to organize and bargain under the Obama administration’s Transportation Security Administration.
• The president signed into the law a bill to provide medical treatment and compensation to 9/11 responders.