CWA Represents at the Democratic National Convention

A delegation of CWA leaders and members participated in this year’s Democratic National Convention (DNC), which wrapped up last week. While many people are familiar with the televised portion of the Convention, behind the scenes delegates spend their days meeting with elected officials, candidates, and policymakers to advocate for issues important to CWA members and retirees and to find out how they can best support pro-worker candidates.

CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., CWA Secretary-Treasurer Ameenah Salaam, CWA District 4 Vice President Linda L. Hinton, CWA District 6 Vice President Derrick Osobase, IUE-CWA Industrial Division President Carl Kennebrew, AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson, Northeast Region At-Large Executive Board Member Gloria Middleton, Central Region At-Large Executive Board Member Erika White, and Chief of Staff Sylvia J. Ramos attended the Convention to make sure that working peoples’ voices were heard.

 
CWA’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention enlisted the support of elected officials for the 17,000 striking CWA members at AT&T Southeast. These included (clockwise from top left) Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) with CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Representative Morgan McGarvey (D-Ky.), Representative Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), and Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.).