TWU President Little: 'I Want to Be Part of the CWA Family'

Jim Little, president of the Transport Workers International Union, outlined his hope that TWU becomes “part of the CWA family.”

Last year, TWU had signed an affiliation agreement that had our two unions working closely together on several campaigns, including voter registration, American Airlines and legislative work. “We agreed to take on the challenges in front of us together,” Little said.

“Our relationship really goes back to 2005, when Larry Cohen was first elected president. It didn’t take long to see that we had a lot in common,” like the determination to fight back against corporate greed and the strong belief that the labor movement has to move forward and has to pull everyone along with us, he said.

Since then, CWA activists in AFA-CWA, District 1 and other districts and sectors have joined forced with TWU activists to make a big difference.

Little said he would ask TWU convention delegates who meet in September to take this partnership to the next step. “I will ask our delegates to consider being a part of CWA. I want to be on picket lines together, to fight together, and to know that at the end of the day, we’re doing everything in our power to stop the corporate greed that is dragging this nation down,” he said.