Organizing Update

CODE-CWA Reaches 4,000 Member Milestone

Over the past year, CODE-CWA membership has grown by more than 1,000, signaling a new era for organizing in the tech industry.

With now more than 4,000 tech, game, and digital worker members and more than 35 units and counting, it is clear that nothing can stop the growing movement of tech workers joining together for a voice at work with the support of CODE-CWA.

This growth is reflective of more and more workers recognizing the value of the labor they provide for massive companies raking in millions of dollars in profits every year while they struggle to make ends meet. With the increase in mass layoffs, and bosses attempting to replace some workers with AI, the best protection workers in the tech industry can fight for is a union.

Tech, game, and digital workers have joined together across more than 35 different units to build CODE-CWA to be 4,000+ members strong.

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moovel

Moovel workers, who are responsible for developing software tools to improve rider experience for transit agencies such as BART, SFMTA, MDOT, and more won their union election yesterday with unanimous support. With their union, the workers of moovel Technical Union-CWA are fighting to establish the working conditions necessary to ensure healthy employee retention and sustainability.

“Our victory today makes clear that tech workers everywhere, at companies big and small, are ready to secure a protected voice on the job. My colleagues and I are excited to celebrate our win today and look forward to meeting management at the bargaining table as members of the moovel Technical Union-CWA. By standing shoulder to shoulder with our coworkers we can win the job security and quality working conditions we deserve,” said Jill Eggers, a Tech Support Representative and member of moovel Technical Union-CWA.

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Fair Housing Workers of Oregon

Last week, the Fair Housing Workers of Oregon (FHWO-CWA) requested voluntary union recognition. FHWO members are employed by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon (FHCO). FHCO management has yet to respond.

“Nonprofit workers are often asked to do emotionally and physically taxing work for fewer benefits because it is ‘the right thing to do,’ but we know that as workers we deserve more,” said Mel Keller, Education & Outreach Coordinator for the Mid-Willamette Valley and member of FHWO-CWA. “We are forming our union because an organization cannot support itself while devaluing the workers who make the mission possible!”

Just as the Fair Housing Workers of Oregon fight to protect the housing rights of Oregonians across the state, a union will serve to secure their own labor protections so that the nonprofit workers can remain committed to this important work.

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CalMatters

The staff of CalMatters, the award-winning nonprofit journalism outlet covering California politics and policy, announced Tuesday that they are forming a union to preserve and protect a robust, equitable, and thriving newsroom.

An overwhelming majority, 92% of non-management staff, have signed cards authorizing union representation by The Pacific Media Workers Guild, NewsGuild-CWA Local 39521. They are asking CalMatters leadership to voluntarily recognize the CalMatters Guild as a unit of the Communications Workers of America.

Staff across the organization’s editorial, product and development divisions said that they’re forming a union to further CalMatters’ mission and have a voice in its future. In addition to maintaining a strong and productive relationship with leadership, the CalMatters Guild aims to cultivate advancement opportunities and to ensure that the newsroom remains competitive in attracting and retaining talent as diverse as the state they cover. Read more here.