CWA is Making History in Washington, D.C.

The timing couldn't be better. More than 2,500 CWAers will be in Washington for our joint convention and legislative-political conference June 22-25 just as the Employee Free Choice Act and health care reform are being debated by Congress and moving forward.

"This is an historic time, the best opportunity the union movement has had in decades to restore workers' bargaining rights and gain real health care reform. CWA has been a leader in the fight to help rebuild the middle class and our economy, and our convention/legislative-political conference in Washington, D.C., is taking place at exactly the right moment," said CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hill.  

Our lobby day on Wednesday, June 24, -- CWA's biggest lobby day ever in the nation's capital -- will make a big difference, with 2,500 CWA members meeting with their senators, representatives and staff and pressing them to do the right thing on Employee Free Choice and health care reform.  

On Thursday, June 25, we'll be part of a huge health care rally and lobby day, joining with 20,000 other coalition members who support real health care reform. Opponents of health care for all already are working hard to derail this important measure, and if we don't act now, we will lose the best chance we've had in decades to make real reform happen. We can't afford to let the insurance companies call the shots.

"Being in Washington, D.C., at this critical time and at the heart of the action is exactly what we need to do, to get our working family agenda through Congress and to President Obama," Hill said.