CWAers Tell California Lawmakers: 'Keep Jobs Here'

More than 100 CWA activists descend on the State Capitol in Sacramento for California Jobs Lobby Day.

More than 100 CWA members from across California converged on the State Capitol in Sacramento with a big Lobby Day message for members of the Senate and Assembly: "Keep Jobs in California."

At the Capitol, CWA members met with elected officials from the legislature about CWA priorities, and in particular, three critical bills. CWAers urged the closing of loopholes in the corporate tax code that would help raise revenues; pressed for tax incentives to keep jobs in the state; and called on lawmakers to require AT&T and Verizon to obey the 2006 Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act that requires the companies to keep a set number of jobs in California.

CWA members also got an overview of the union's top legislative initiatives and some key state proposals, including Proposition 23, a measure that would repeal California's Global Warming Solutions Act. California's efforts to address global warming made national headlines because it established a state-wide cap on greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and won the support of a broad coalition of labor and community groups, including the Blue Green Alliance. CWA is a partner in the BGA, and along with the Sierra Club and other organizations, is working to create quality, sustainable jobs and sustainable communities.

The Lobby Day is a project of CWA's California Jobs Strategic Industry Fund.