CWA Surpasses 82,000 Million Member Mobilization Goal

Interns at CWA headquarters are a big part of the Million Member Mobilization.

Energized by CWA's Million Member Mobilization for Employee Free Choice, union activists have moved CWA past its campaign goal of 82,000 card signers and are continuing the nationwide sign-up.

As of Wednesday, 83,432 cards have been sent in from locals and entered in the database.

With piles of cards waiting to be tabulated, and more arriving in the mail or over the Internet every day, CWA's card total of Employee Free Choice Act supporters likely will grow even bigger in the remaining six weeks before the presidential and congressional elections in November. "The cards keep flowing in because of our members' activism and understanding about exactly what's at stake in the upcoming elections," said CWA President Larry Cohen. "Let's celebrate what we've achieved and push for 100,000 cards," he said.

The enthusiasm generated during the campaign built as locals continued to sign up members weeks after meeting the goal of reaching at least 15 percent of membership. More than half of the 404 CWA locals that met their MMM goal have surpassed it by more than 200 percent.

IUE-CWA led all sectors and districts with 151 percent. District 2 achieved 149 percent, District 6, 124 percent; Districts 3 and 13, 21 percent; and District 4, 119 percent.

When the new Congress comes to Washington, the cards and member photos from CWA and other unions will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol to show the massive support for Employee Free Choice. The action was recommended earlier this year by Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee and is the key sponsor and supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act. "Imagine in January 2009 that there are one million cards and photos at the U.S. Capitol. That's the kind of momentum we need to prevail," he said.

Here are all of the locals that have met or exceeded their goal as of Wednesday, Sept. 17:

District 1: 1020, 1031, 1040, 1051, 1060, 1062, 1077, 1080, 1082, 1083, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1106, 1108, 1109, 1114, 1117, 1118, 1122, 1123, 1128, 1133, 1150, 1152, 1168, 1170, 1300, 1301, 1302, 1365, 1395, 1701, 14199, 31003, 31026, 31027, 31247, 51011, 51016, 51017, 51024, 51025, 51026, 81045, 81106, 81134, 81154, 81204, 81206, 81212, 81214, 81215, 81232, 81244, 81246, 81248, 81250, 81255, 81266, 81274, 81284, 81288, 81298, 81301, 81304, 81310, 81313, 81320, 81323, 81336, 81347, 81353, 81359, 81380, 81384, 81386, 81388, 81408, 81440, 81441, 81455, 81467, 81475, 81495, 81496 and 81981.

District 2: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2055, 2101, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2201, 2202, 2205, 2206, 2272, 2275, 2336, 14201, 52027, 82075, 82109, 82130, 82160, 82161, 82162, 82167, 82173, 82174, 82472, 82627, 82647 and 82670.

District 3: 3102, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3108, 3109, 3113, 3114, 3115, 3121, 3122, 3150, 3176, 3178, 3179, 3180, 3181, 3201, 3250, 3290, 3309, 3310, 3315, 3371, 3372, 3403, 3406, 3407, 3411, 3412, 3414, 3511, 3601, 3607, 3616, 3682, 3683, 3685, 3704, 3706, 3708, 3719, 3802, 3865, 3903, 3904, 3911, 3950, 3990, 14348, 23086, 33091, 33225, 83105, 83190, 83698, 83701, 83706, 83709, 83711, 83718, 83740, 83761, 83766, 83767 and 83799.

District 4: 4004, 4008, 4025, 4032, 4034, 4070, 4100, 4107, 4108, 4123, 4216, 4217, 4250, 4252, 4260, 4300, 4302, 4309, 4310, 4318, 4319, 4320, 4321, 4322, 4326, 4370, 4371, 4373, 4377, 4378, 4379, 4385, 4390, 4473, 4474, 4475, 4501, 4603, 4611, 4640, 4703, 4780, 4818, 4998, 14430, 34086, 54041, 54042, 54044, 54048, 84001, 84060, 84078, 84101, 84161, 84302, 84705, 84707, 84715, 84716, 84717, 84725, 84727, 84734, 84737, 84742, 84745, 84749, 84750, 84755, 84765, 84773, 84800, 84802, 84807, 84808, 84811, 84840, 84845, 84846, 84848, 84855, 84859, 84863, 84865, 84888, 84901, 84903, 84924, 84950, 84963 and 84999.

District 6: 6001, 6007, 6009, 6086, 6110, 6113, 6127, 6137, 6139, 6150, 6151, 6171, 6200, 6201, 6206, 6210, 6215, 6222, 6228, 6290, 6310, 6311, 6316, 6320, 6327, 6350, 6355, 6374, 6391, 6401, 6402, 6409, 6410, 6411, 6450, 6733, 36047, 86000, 86004, 86017, 86023, 86029, 86116, 86122, 86129, 86782 and 86787.

District 7: 7001, 7019, 7050, 7055, 7102, 7109, 7206, 7212, 7219, 7250, 7290, 7301, 7505, 7603, 7610, 7621, 7704, 7705, 7707, 7750, 7777, 7810, 7990, 14752, 37123, 37194, 57045, 57052, 87020, 87140 and 87160.

District 9: 9333, 9400, 9410, 9413, 9415, 9423, 9477, 9509, 9510, 9573, 9575, 9586, 29043, 29098, 59051, 59054, 59057, 89177 and 89850.

District 13: 13000, 13100, 13301, 13500, 13552, 13572, 13573, 13591, 14838, 14845, 14888, 38010, 38187, 38218, 88064, 88120, 88315, 88389, 88607, 88612, 88623, 88628, 88648, 88651and 88681.