CWA e-Newsletter

April 2021

• Apr 15, 2021 - The Key to Universal Broadband and Good Jobs, and other news
• Apr 8, 2021 - The PRO Act Means Stronger Contracts and other news
• Apr 1, 2021 - CWA Member Wins Settlement with Google and other news

March 2021

• Mar 25, 2021 - Our New Labor Secretary is a Union Member, and other news
• Mar 18, 2021 - CWA Members are Prepared to Fight Against the Filibuster if Necessary, and other news
• Mar 11, 2021 - Don't Miss the April 30 Deadline for CWA Scholarships, and other news
• Mar 4, 2021 - COVID-19 Vaccine Info for CWA Members, and other news

February 2021

• Feb 25, 2021 - Time to Acknowledge the Truth about COVID-19 Transmission, and other news
• Feb 18, 2021 - You Shouldn't Need to Run a $10,000 Ad to Get Quality Internet Access and other news
• Feb 11, 2021 - CWA Supports Verizon Investigation and other news
• Feb 4, 2021 - NLRB Slaps Down AT&T's Attempt to Stall Union Election and other news

January 2021

• Jan 28, 2021 - CWA Members Stop Working for 24 Hours and other news
• Jan 21, 2021 - Biden Fires Trump's Union Buster at the NLRB and other news
• Jan 14, 2021 - Biden Picks Labor Union Leader for Labor Secretary and other news
• Jan 7, 2021 - Yesterday's Insurrection Was an Attack on Our Democracy and other news

December 2020

• Dec 17, 2020 - Healthcare Workers Join CWA to Fight the Pandemic and other news
• Dec 10, 2020 - COVID-19 Vaccine Information and other news
• Dec 3, 2020 - No MLK Day Holiday for CWA Members and other news

November 2020

• Nov 19, 2020 - Ban on COVID-19 Leave Requests at Call Centers and other news
• Nov 12, 2020 - Standing up for Our Veterans, Scholarships for CWA Families, and more news
• Nov 5, 2020 - Election Results, COVID Outbreak at AT&T Call Center and more news from CWA

October 2020

• Oct 29, 2020 - We Must Count Every Vote and more news from CWA
• Oct 22, 2020 - How to Make Sure Your Vote Counts, McConnell Is Blocking Relief for Millions, and other news.
• Oct 15, 2020 - AT&T's DSL Shutoff Will Leave Thousands Without a Broadband Option
• Oct 8, 2020 - Labor Unions Sue Federal Government to Protect Frontline Workers
• Oct 1, 2020 - Mitch McConnell Fails to Stop Mass Layoffs Before Deadline

September 2020

• Sep 24, 2020 - Midwest Elected Officials Call on AT&T to Suspend Job Cuts
• Sep 17, 2020 - 13 Days Left to Save Aviation Jobs
• Sep 10, 2020 - Remembering 9/11
• Sep 3, 2020 - A Labor Day Message from CWA President Chris Shelton

August 2020

• Aug 27, 2020 - Will Congress Act to Save Our Jobs?
• Aug 20, 2020 - Workers Can't Sit This One Out
• Aug 13, 2020 - Harris Makes the Democrats’ Pro-Worker Ticket Even Stronger
• Aug 6, 2020 - Demand Senators Extend Payroll Protection

July 2020

• Jul 30, 2020 - Save Our Jobs
• Jul 23, 2020 - Mitch McConnell is Blocking COVID-19 Relief for Workers
• Jul 16, 2020 - On Monday, Join the Strike for Black Lives
• Jul 9, 2020 - We Need Safe Union Elections
• Jul 2, 2020 - Payroll Support Extension Will Save Jobs

June 2020

• Jun 25, 2020 - UnionPlus Assistance for CWA Members During the COVID-19 Crisis
• Jun 18, 2020 - AT&T is Using the Pandemic as an Excuse to Cut Thousands of Jobs
• Jun 11, 2020 - CWA President Chris Shelton: We Must Win Elections
• Jun 4, 2020 - New Contract Ratified at AT&T West

May 2020

• May 28, 2020 - Thanking our Essential Workers
• May 21, 2020 - Republicans are Blocking Premium Pay for Essential Workers
• May 14, 2020 - Trump Labor Secretary Wants Employers to Report Workers During COVID-19
• May 7, 2020 - CWA Calls for Electronic Union Representation Elections

April 2020

• Apr 30, 2020 - NLRB Issues Complaint against Verizon for Violating Federal Labor Law
• Apr 23, 2020 - Remembering CWAers We've Lost
• Apr 16, 2020 - Our Chance to Put a Worker on AT&T's Board
• Apr 9, 2020 - We Need OSHA to Protect Workers During the COVID-19 Outbreak
• Apr 2, 2020 - New COVID-19 Resources for Workers

March 2020

• Mar 26, 2020 - CWA COVID-19 Response Update
• Mar 19, 2020 - COVID-19: A message from CWA President Chris Shelton
• Mar 12, 2020 - Scholarships for CWA Families
• Mar 5, 2020 - CWA Addresses Coronavirus Outbreak

February 2020

• Feb 27, 2020 - Bargaining Opens at AT&T West
• Feb 20, 2020 - AT&T Mobility Members Authorize Strike
• Feb 13, 2020 - House Passes Historic Workers' Rights Bill
• Feb 6, 2020 - Bargaining Opens at AT&T

January 2020

• Jan 30, 2020 - More Job Cuts at AT&T
• Jan 23, 2020 - CWA President Chris Shelton to Mitch McConnell: Do Your Job
• Jan 16, 2020 - CNN Must Pay NABET-CWA Members $76 Million
• Jan 9, 2020 - Call Center Workers Win Big in New York

December 2019

• Dec 19, 2019 - Under Trump, Fewer OSHA Inspections and More Workplace Fatalities
• Dec 12, 2019 - AT&T’s New Plan to Cut Labor Costs
• Dec 5, 2019 - T-Mobile Workers Vote to Join CWA Despite Intimidation Campaign

November 2019

• Nov 21, 2019 - CWA Members Win Back Collective Bargaining Rights!
• Nov 14, 2019 - CWA Launches New Programs for Veterans
• Nov 7, 2019 - Colorado CWAers Put Pressure on Republican Senator to Protect Jobs

October 2019

• Oct 31, 2019 - AT&T's 3-Year Plan to Fill the Pockets of Billionaires
• Oct 24, 2019 - CWA Won't Endorse Members of Congress Who...
• Oct 17, 2019 - A New Bill Would Build Power for Union Members
• Oct 10, 2019 - Workers on AT&T's Chopping Block
• Oct 3, 2019 - A Billionaire CEO Has a Plan to Destroy AT&T

September 2019

• Sep 26, 2019 - Scabby the Rat at Frontier
• Sep 19, 2019 - New contract ratified at CenturyLink!
• Sep 12, 2019 - Corporate Raider Targets AT&T Workers
• Sep 5, 2019 - Anti-Union Intimidation and Harassment Doesn't Deter Workers

August 2019

• Aug 15, 2019 - Why We Wear Red
• Aug 8, 2019 - CWA Raises Strike Pay Levels
• Aug 1, 2019 - CWA mourns the passing of President Emeritus Morty Bahr

July 2019

• Jul 25, 2019 - New Labor Secretary No Friend of Workers
• Jul 18, 2019 - Racial Discrimination at Verizon Wireless
• Jul 11, 2019 - We Need Fair and Open Skies
• Jul 3, 2019 - New Tentative Agreements at AT&T

June 2019

• Jun 27, 2019 - Verizon's Broken Promises
• Jun 20, 2019 - It's The Summer of #NoMoreOffshoring
• Jun 13, 2019 - AT&T is Cutting Jobs and Neglecting Network
• Jun 6, 2019 - CWA beats AT&T on call center bill

May 2019

• May 30, 2019 - Fighting AT&T's Job Cuts Across the Country
• May 23, 2019 - Secret Plan to Outsource CWA Members' Work
• May 16, 2019 - Worker Confronts Verizon CEO on Union Busting
• May 9, 2019 - CWAers walk off the job!
• May 2, 2019 - Workers Triumph over Union-Busting Tactics!

April 2019

• Apr 25, 2019 - Fighting to Raise Wages
• Apr 18, 2019 - AT&T Ran Away with Billions
• Apr 11, 2019 - Still Too Big to Fail
• Apr 4, 2019 - CWA Secures Settlement with Company on Union Busting Charges

March 2019

• Mar 28, 2019 - Congress Probes AT&T's Broken Promises on Jobs
• Mar 21, 2019 - The Biggest Strike of 2019
• Mar 14, 2019 - Workers Sound Alarm About Toxic Sales Culture at Wells Fargo
• Mar 7, 2019 - Fix the Rigged Tax Code

February 2019

• Feb 28, 2019 - AT&T Needs to Explain
• Feb 21, 2019 - Did You Get a Pay Raise From the Corporate Tax Cut?
• Feb 14, 2019 - T-Mobile/Sprint Merger Will Affect All Wireless Workers
• Feb 7, 2019 - Strengthening Our Stewards

January 2019

• Jan 31, 2019 - Worker Power Ends Government Shutdown
• Jan 24, 2019 - The Shutdown Crisis Continues
• Jan 17, 2019 - Verizon Wireless Exposed for Union-Busting
• Jan 10, 2019 - Congress Should Investigate AT&Ts Jobs Promises

December 2018

• Dec 20, 2018 - Driving Down Wages in the Wireless Industry?
• Dec 13, 2018 - Flight Attendants Protest Staffing Cuts
• Dec 6, 2018 - We pressured AT&T and Verizon – and won!

November 2018

• Nov 29, 2018 - CWA Calls for Congressional Hearings on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
• Nov 21, 2018 - Scholarships for CWA Families for 2019-2020
• Nov 15, 2018 - Software Company Learns a Tough Lesson about Union-Busting
• Nov 8, 2018 - The results are in...
• Nov 1, 2018 - CWAers Vote to Keep Their Union!

October 2018

• Oct 25, 2018 - On Strike at University of California
• Oct 18, 2018 - CWA Files Lawsuit to Fight for Collective Bargaining Rights
• Oct 11, 2018 - Jobs at Risk in T-Mobile/Sprint Merger
• Oct 4, 2018 - New NAFTA Deal Leaves Behind Call Center Workers

September 2018

• Sep 27, 2018 - Major Wins in New FAA Bill!
• Sep 20, 2018 - CWA Sues Facebook
• Sep 13, 2018 - New Tentative Agreement for Passenger Service Agents
• Sep 6, 2018 - New Report: More than 142,000 Jobs Offshored Under Trump

August 2018

• Aug 30, 2018 - Court Stops President Trump's Anti-Union Executive Order
• Aug 23, 2018 - Back to Bargaining with AT&T
• Aug 16, 2018 - New Verizon Contract Ratified
• Aug 9, 2018 - CWAers Defeat Right to Work in Missouri!
• Aug 2, 2018 - Legislators: Get Your Act Together, AT&T

July 2018

• Jul 26, 2018 - The FCCs Dangerous, Job-Killing Proposal
• Jul 19, 2018 - Contract Extension at Verizon!
• Jul 12, 2018 - Supreme Court Pick Rules Against CWA Members
• Jul 5, 2018 - Victory! Shutdown Averted

June 2018

• Jun 28, 2018 - Everything You Need to Know about Janus
• Jun 21, 2018 - Congress to American Airlines: Pay Your Workers Living Wages
• Jun 14, 2018 - It Is Time to Go from Protest to Power
• Jun 7, 2018 - Big Corporations Are Engaging in Massive Wage Theft

May 2018

• May 31, 2018 - GDIT Workers Win Settlement
• May 24, 2018 - Message to AT&T: No Jobs, No Deal
• May 17, 2018 - Piedmont and Envoy Passenger Service Agents Take Contract Fight to Congress
• May 10, 2018 - CWA Members Strike at University of California
• May 3, 2018 - CWA Members Fight for Jobs at AT&T Shareholders Meeting

April 2018

• Apr 26, 2018 - CWA Member Honored for Bravery in Waffle House Shooting
• Apr 19, 2018 - Huge Win for NJ State Workers
• Apr 12, 2018 - AT&T Workers Authorize Strike
• Apr 5, 2018 - Corporate CEOs Got Their Tax Cut, Now Show Us the Money

March 2018

• Mar 29, 2018 - Huge Win for Frontier Workers
• Mar 22, 2018 - Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Heads to Trial
• Mar 15, 2018 - Verizon Wireless to Lay Off Thousands of Workers
• Mar 8, 2018 - Frontier Scab Pulls Gun on CWA Picket Line
• Mar 1, 2018 - Ready to Strike at Frontier

February 2018

• Feb 22, 2018 - Are You Ready to Fight Back on Saturday?
• Feb 15, 2018 - Where Did Your Pay Raise Go?
• Feb 8, 2018 - Protecting Our Jobs in NAFTA Negotiations
• Feb 1, 2018 - Massive Wage Theft at Call Centers

January 2018

• Jan 25, 2018 - CWA Members Win Back Pay from AT&T
• Jan 18, 2018 - Fighting Back Against Poverty Wages at American Airlines
• Jan 11, 2018 - Scholarships Available for CWA Families
• Jan 4, 2018 - CWA Sues AT&T Over Layoffs

December 2017

• Dec 21, 2017 - CWA-Represented Workers at AT&T to Get $1,000 Bonus
• Dec 14, 2017 - Groundbreaking New AT&T Contract
• Dec 7, 2017 - Speaker Ryan Wants to Cut Medicare and Social Security

November 2017

• Nov 30, 2017 - Your $4000 Wage Increase
• Nov 22, 2017 - If Corporations Get a Tax Cut, We Want a Raise
• Nov 16, 2017 - Exposed: FCC Puts Customers at Risk
• Nov 9, 2017 - Republican Tax Plan Means Lost Jobs
• Nov 2, 2017 - You Wont Believe What AT&T Has Done Now

October 2017

• Oct 26, 2017 - Big Win for CWA Public Workers
• Oct 19, 2017 - Cramming and Slamming
• Oct 12, 2017 - Can Wireless Replace Broadband?
• Oct 5, 2017 - CWA Wins Workplace Rights for Wireless Workers

September 2017

• Sep 28, 2017 - Trump Tax Plan Winners and Losers
• Sep 21, 2017 - New Bill Brings Back Preexisting Conditions, Age Tax
• Sep 14, 2017 - CWAers Protest at iPhone Launch
• Sep 7, 2017 - AT&T Mobility Workers Press Congress on Offshoring

August 2017

• Aug 31, 2017 - Help CWA Families Affected by Hurricane Harvey
• Aug 24, 2017 - CWAers Tell President Trump Bring Back Our Jobs
• Aug 17, 2017 - CWA Extreme Heat Training Saves a Member
• Aug 10, 2017 - Convention Resolves to Make CWA Strong
• Aug 3, 2017 - New Plan for Call Center Jobs

July 2017

• Jul 27, 2017 - How Not to Fix NAFTA
• Jul 20, 2017 - The TPP is Back
• Jul 13, 2017 - Special Offers for CWA Members
• Jul 6, 2017 - New York Times Employees Walk Out

June 2017

• Jun 29, 2017 - NAFTA Has to Change
• Jun 22, 2017 - New Contract at CenturyLink
• Jun 15, 2017 - Legislation Aims to Destroy Unions
• Jun 8, 2017 - CWA Wins Against Verizon
• Jun 1, 2017 - CWA, Allies Take on Wall Street Greed

May 2017

• May 25, 2017 - On Strike from Coast to Coast
• May 18, 2017 - Fair Contract or Strike on Friday
• May 11, 2017 - CEOs Make 347 Times More than Average Worker
• May 4, 2017 - One Step Closer to a Strike at AT&T

April 2017

• Apr 27, 2017 - Age Tax and Worse in New Healthcare Proposal
• Apr 20, 2017 - Saving U.S. Call Center Jobs
• Apr 13, 2017 - New Contract at AT&T Southwest
• Apr 6, 2017 - A Year Without a Contract at AT&T

March 2017

• Mar 30, 2017 - AFA-CWA Flight Attendants Authorize Strike
• Mar 23, 2017 - CWA Members Walk Out
• Mar 16, 2017 - Age Tax on Health Care Proposed
• Mar 9, 2017 - Breaking! New Contract at ABC-TV Network
• Mar 2, 2017 - We Can Save Call Center Jobs

February 2017

• Feb 23, 2017 - U.S. Santander Workers Demand A Union
• Feb 16, 2017 - When We Fight, We Win
• Feb 9, 2017 - AT&T Mobility Workers Authorize Strike
• Feb 2, 2017 - New DIRECTV Contract

January 2017

• Jan 26, 2017 - AT&T Posts Big Profits in 2016
• Jan 19, 2017 - Employees Forced to Train Offshore Replacements
• Jan 12, 2017 - Breaking! CWA Wins Protections for Airline Agents
• Jan 5, 2017 - AT&T DIRECTV Contracts Ratified

December 2016

• Dec 22, 2016 - Tentative Contracts at DIRECTV
• Dec 15, 2016 - Holding AT&T Accountable
• Dec 8, 2016 - Like Low Wages? You Will Love the New Labor Secretary
• Dec 1, 2016 - Wireless Industry Workers Need A Union

November 2016

• Nov 23, 2016 - Happy Thanksgiving
• Nov 17, 2016 - CWAers Defeat TPP Trade Deal
• Nov 10, 2016 - CWAers Fight Offshoring
• Nov 3, 2016 - AT&T Contract Ratified

October 2016

• Oct 27, 2016 - Strike Date Set for Upstate NY CWAers
• Oct 20, 2016 - Our Jobs Are Targets
• Oct 13, 2016 - Thousands Laid off at Verizon Wireless
• Oct 6, 2016 - AT&T Workers Mobilize and Win Tentative Contract

September 2016

• Sep 29, 2016 - Verizon Neglect Harms Customers
• Sep 22, 2016 - Wells Fargo Blames Low Wage Workers for Sales Fraud
• Sep 15, 2016 - CWAers Jam Phone Lines on Capitol Hill with TPP Calls
• Sep 8, 2016 - CWAers Rally to Protect Pensions
• Sep 1, 2016 - New Contract at AT&T

August 2016

• Aug 25, 2016 - CWAers Crush Anti-Union Campaign
• Aug 18, 2016 - Putting AT&T West on Notice
• Aug 11, 2016 - Strike Vote at AT&T Internet
• Aug 4, 2016 - Judge Rules Against Verizon

July 2016

• Jul 28, 2016 - No TPP at DNC
• Jul 21, 2016 - Ready to Rock Against the TPP
• Jul 14, 2016 - CWA Endorses Hillary Clinton
• Jul 7, 2016 - T-Mobile Found Guilty - Again!

June 2016

• Jun 30, 2016 - Tentative Contracts in Airlines, Telecom
• Jun 23, 2016 - CWA Members Walk Out
• Jun 16, 2016 - VP Candidates Meet with CWA
• Jun 9, 2016 - Warren and CWA Team Up Against Wall Street
• Jun 2, 2016 - Victory at Verizon

May 2016

• May 26, 2016 - Winning on Wage Discrimination
• May 19, 2016 - Is a CEO Worth 335 Times as Much as an Average Worker?
• May 12, 2016 - Job Giveaway
• May 5, 2016 - AT&T Silences CWA Members

April 2016

• Apr 28, 2016 - Report from the Picket Line
• Apr 21, 2016 - A Sea of Red
• Apr 14, 2016 - Management Porsche Hits CWA Striker
• Apr 7, 2016 - CWAers Elected in Wisconsin

March 2016

• Mar 31, 2016 - More AT&T-DirecTV Workers Choose CWA
• Mar 24, 2016 - Thousands at AT&T Get a Union
• Mar 17, 2016 - Big Union Win at DirecTV
• Mar 10, 2016 - Tentative Contracts in Cable, Telecom
• Mar 3, 2016 - Get Arrested with President Shelton

February 2016

• Feb 25, 2016 - Pennsylvania Investigating Verizon
• Feb 18, 2016 - 2,600 Heartbreaking Stories
• Feb 11, 2016 - Building Buses and Building the Middle Class
• Feb 4, 2016 - Bernie Sanders Pledges to Kill the TPP

January 2016

• Jan 28, 2016 - Employer Moves to Divert Pension Money
• Jan 21, 2016 - Paying the Price for a Wrong Vote on Fast Track
• Jan 14, 2016 - Why Thousands of Union Members Took Over the West Virginia Capitol
• Jan 7, 2016 - Constitutional Referendum on Pension Funding