Apr 23, 2026 - AT&T Orange Mobility Members Hold Noses Over Stankey Proposals

Workers Memorial Day: Remember the Dead; Fight Like Hell for the Living

On April 28, CWAers will join with other workers to honor those who have lost their lives while on the job. International Workers Memorial Day was established in 1989 by the AFL-CIO and is a solemn commemoration observed around the world.

Every worker wants a work environment free from unnecessary dangers. However, the Trump administration is continuing its assault on worker safety, further weakening the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s heat standards. Click here to read a statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler on the latest directive and its impacts on workers.

The Workers Memorial Day theme for this year is "Hold the Line for Safe Jobs." The AFL-CIO has posted a Workers Memorial Day toolkit with resources you can use as you raise awareness and commemorate the lives of those we have lost. In addition, you can download their "Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect" annual report here.

CWA, along with other labor unions and organizations, continues to fight for worker safety against unnecessary and destructive cuts that will inevitably lead to increased worker-related injuries, illnesses, and deaths.

Our job is never finished when it comes to worker health and safety protections. We must safeguard the rights we have won and keep fighting for safer working conditions in every workplace, industry, and sector. That is why on Workers Memorial Day we mourn the dead and fight for the living.

Click here to learn more about CWA’s Health and Safety Department.

Last week, members of Wells Fargo Workers United (WFWU-CWA) joined union allies including the North Carolina AFL-CIO, UNITE Here!, and SEIU 32BJ in Charlotte, N.C., to demand a fair union contract for workers. Bargaining is currently underway at 29 locations, but management has stalled negotiations.

Following the rally, workers delivered a signed petition to Wells Fargo management calling out the company for their delays at the bargaining table. WFWU-CWA members have been in bargaining with Wells Fargo for nearly two years.

“If Wells Fargo management is serious about protecting its workers and customers, they will come to the bargaining table and settle members' contracts currently in bargaining at 29 branches across the country,” said CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. “So long as workers feel like their jobs are in danger, they will stay quiet and the system will continue to work against its own workers and customers.”

In response to the bank’s aggressive anti-union tactics, including intimidation and illegal termination of union members, CWA has filed over 60 unfair labor practice charges against the bank with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

 
At a rally for members of Wells Fargo Workers United-CWA members in Charlotte, N.C., (left to right) North Carolina AFL-CIO President Braxton Winston, CWA President Claude Cummings Jr., and CWA Human Rights Committee Senior Campaign Lead Timmia Wiley marched with members and allies to deliver a signed banner petition calling on management to get serious about a fair contract.

 
LanguageLine Solutions workers seeking to form their union took their fight to New York City Hall last week. Workers posed with New York City Councilmember Julie Won (center).

Last week, interpreters at Teleperformance subsidiary LanguageLine Solutions (LLS) joined New York City Council members and New York City Comptroller Mark Levine in calling for the company to respect its workers’ right to form a union and improve working conditions. Leaders of powerful council committees overseeing city contracts, workforce development, and labor stood with LLS interpreters at a press conference on the steps of City Hall to announce the formation of a new committee on health and safety and demanded that management meet to address concerns impacting their ability to provide quality interpretation services to New Yorkers.

Click here to read the full press release.

Following a one-week extension for a new contract, CWA AT&T Orange Mobility members are mobilizing to show AT&T—and CEO John Stankey—what they think of their foul offers at the bargaining table. CWA Locals 9511, 4900, 7250, and 7901 held signs debunking the company’s “generous” offers as “stankey.” CWAers at AT&T Orange Mobility deserve a strong contract and will do what it takes to get it.

Last week, members of the Game and Media Workers Guild of Canada (CWA Canada Local 30111) ended a months-long battle with game developer Ubisoft over its decision to shutter its operation in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Members voted overwhelmingly to accept the terms of a settlement, the specifics of which have not been made public due to a non-disclosure agreement. The company announced the decision to close the Halifax office in January shortly after workers there organized their union.

“It came as a surprise to all of us and to the front-line managers as we were in the middle of many ongoing and new projects, and doing great work,” former Ubisoft Halifax employee Jon Huffman said in a statement from CWA Canada. “We are extremely grateful to our union for negotiating this package for us.”

“The success of the negotiation was directly attributable to the solidarity our members showed, their resolve in holding Ubisoft to account, the collecting and sharing of information, and remaining steadfast in advocating for their rights as unionized workers,” said President of CWA-SCA Canada Carmel Smyth.

France-based Ubisoft is one of the world’s biggest video game developers, employing 17,000 people globally, including over 4,000 in Toronto, Winnipeg, and four cities in Quebec. President Smyth acknowledged that, though not an easy negotiation, Ubisoft respected the union and acted in good faith to reach a resolution.

Members of The NewsGuild-CWA’s Pacific Media Workers Guild (TNG-CWA Local 39521) have joined in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Foundation of Northern California on March 25 against the City of Modesto, Calif., over its unconstitutional ordinance banning masks and personal safety gear at public demonstrations.

From a media release issued by the ACLU, the measure “remains too broad and too vague. It stifles free speech and free expression and infringes on journalists’ constitutionally protected right to report on protests.”

NewsGuild-CWA members fear the measure could lead to selective enforcement, increase uncertainty about what is lawful and what is prohibited, and endanger journalists attempting to perform their jobs. The ordinance prohibits personal protective gear including bike helmets, bandanas, and padded vests. Without reasonable and specific language, the measure could be used to target journalists, protesters, and legal observers and chill peaceful dissent.

“Many journalists, myself included, have been hit by crowd-control weapons or affected by tear gas while covering protests. For the Guild’s members, gas masks, helmets, and goggles constitute basic safety gear necessary to safely document protests in our communities,” said Annie Sciacca, president of the Pacific Media Workers Guild. “State law allows journalists to stay at a protest after an unlawful assembly is declared, but by stripping journalists of necessary safety gear, the ordinance puts us in harm’s way.”

Click here to read more about the lawsuit.

Last week, members of the United Campus Workers at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (UCWSE-Alabama CWA Local 3821) unveiled a new billboard, drawing attention to their ongoing campaign to win a cost of living adjustment for campus workers. Members are currently garnering signatures on a petition they will present to the university administration. In recent months, basic necessities, as well as parking permits and health insurance premiums, have increased, putting pressure on campus workers trying to make ends meet. Many members report having to take second jobs.

“We have over 1,200 signatures on our petition at this point,” said UCWSE-Alabama member Anthony Willing. “We have started to collect more data about people who work second jobs as well so that we can have more stories to share. The billboard has already gotten a lot of traction, and we want to continue building our momentum.”