CWA Reaches 76 Percent of Million Member Mobilization Goal

With CWA activists gearing up for the presidential and congressional elections just seven weeks away, Million Member Mobilization cards and member photos from CWAers supporting the Employee Free Choice continue to flow in at a quick pace.

As of Wednesday, 62,843 cards had been sent in from locals, putting CWA at 76 percent of its overall target of at least 82,000 cards as part of labor's Million Member Mobilization. Thousands more are piling up waiting to be tabulated in the database. 

Many locals are far exceeding their original goal of collecting cards from 15 percent of their members. Among these is IUE-CWA Local 84705, which collected signatures from 100 percent of its local's 61 members, excepting for one member who is serving in Iraq and another who is on disability. The workers, employed at a GE lighting plant in Dover, Ohio, "are keenly aware of the impact that the Employee Free Choice Act would have on strengthening their jobs and the labor movement," said local President Stephen Putnam. The company has recently closed down many plants in its lighting division. "We are just hoping to survive in this economy," Putnam said.

As a whole, participating IUE-CWA locals have exceeded their Million Member Mobilization goal, reaching 102 percent of their target. NABET-CWA and CWA's Communications and Technology division have each reached 121 of their goal.

Since last week's Newsletter report, 35 more locals have met or exceeded their goal of signing up at least 15 percent:  District 1: 1051, 1080, 51011, 81214, 81246, 81274, 81284, 81298, 81359, 81359, 81408, 81495; District 2: 2106; District 3: 3121, 3412, 3511, 3802, 83761; District 4: 4004, 4108, 4123, 4319, 4326, 4501, 54041, 54041, 54044, 84863, 84901, 84903;  District 6: 6374, 86782; District 7: 87140; District 9: 9573, 29098; District 13: 13500, 88389.