CWA and UAW Form New Legislative Alliance

CWA and the UAW have set up a new legislative alliance that will work to advance the issues important to the unions' 2 million active and retired workers and all working families: workers' bargaining rights through the Employee Free Choice Act, real health care reform, fair trade, retirement security and more. 

CWA President Larry Cohen and UAW President Ron Gettelfinger said the alliance will increase the effectiveness of legislative efforts and also will continue the unions' joint work on telecommunications and automotive issues. 

The unions will make staff and other resources available to the new alliance; other operations, including bargaining, international affairs, political action, and others will remain separate.