NC Workers Call on Tillis and GOP Senate to Put Working Families Ahead of Politics
CWA members and other workers in North Carolina held a widely-covered virtual press conference to highlight how delaying much needed assistance has affected them and their communities.
Join CWAers to Phonebank Together to Elect Biden and Flip the Senate!
With only days left until Election Day and early voting underway in many states, hundreds of CWAers across the country are phonebanking together to flip the Senate and to elect Joe Biden!
Making Sure Your Vote Counts
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge in early voting.
Organizing Update
The latest news on who is winning union recognition.
Judge Recommends Denial of T-Mobile's Attempt to Shirk Commitment to Hire 1,000 Workers
CWA filed comments with the CPUC rebutting T-Mobile's claim that the CPUC does not have jurisdiction to review wireless transactions and to impose job conditions.
As McConnell Blocks COVID Relief Package, NC Workers Call on Thom Tillis and GOP Senate to Put Working Families Ahead of Politics
Workers are calling on Thom Tillis to stop putting Mitch McConnell’s priorities, including ramming through a Supreme Court nomination, ahead of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who face unemployment, foreclosure and other serious economic consequences due to the COVID-19 crisis.
Employees at Creative Agency Blue State Win Union Recognition With CODE-CWA
Seventy-five employees at creative agency Blue State won voluntary union recognition yesterday after a neutral third party verified that a majority of the workers had signed union authorization cards.
Join CWAers to Phonebank Together to Elect Biden!
Hundreds of CWAers across the country are phonebanking together to flip the Senate and to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris!
AT&T’s DSL Shutoff Will Leave Thousands of Consumers Without a Broadband Option
AT&T recently announced that it will discontinue DSL sales nationally and disconnect 160,000 DSL customers, only some of whom have access to another wireline service from AT&T.
Bargaining Update
The latest bargaining information about Nokia.
CWA Leaders Build Skills at 2020 Minority Leadership Institute
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, eleven CWA leaders participated in the 2020 Minority Leadership Institute, held virtually this year.
Accident at New Flyer Non-Union Plant Highlights Need for a Worker Voice
Last week at a non-union New Flyer bus part fabrication plant in Kentucky, a worker who was using a machine missing its safety guard, lost part of her finger in an accident.
CWA Urges New Mexico Supreme Court to Uphold State Oversight of CenturyLink
In February, the NMPRC approved a hearing examiner's recommendation to reject CenturyLink's claim that it should be exempt from regulation.
CWA, Public Knowledge, National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Next Century Cities, Common Cause, and the Greenlining Institute Warn FCC That AT&T’s DSL Shutoff Will Leave Thousands of Consumers Without a Broadband Option
In the wake of AT&T’s recent announcement that it will discontinue DSL sales nationally and disconnect 160,000 DSL customers, CWA, Public Knowledge, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, Next Century Cities, Common Cause, and the Greenlining Institute submitted a filing today to the FCC warning that the FCC’s deregulatory agenda leaves the agency powerless to protect Americans from losing critical broadband connections during the pandemic.
CWA Exposes AT&T's Failures on Broadband and Good Jobs
New reports that expose how AT&T has left communities without access to next-generation fiber networks and eliminated good jobs received wide media and political attention this week.
Labor Unions Sue Federal Government to Protect Frontline Workers From COVID-19
CWA joined other labor unions and environmental groups to sue the federal government over its failure to provide adequate reusable respirators, N95 masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment to essential workers.
CWAers Phonebank Together to Elect Biden!
With only a few weeks left until Election Day, more than 500 volunteers have made thousands of calls in the past couple of days alone to flip the Senate and to elect Biden-Harris!
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2020
This week, the AFL-CIO released its yearly report on the state of safety and health protections for America's workers.
Lawsuit Targets Feds’ Failure to Protect Frontline Workers From COVID-19
Labor unions representing healthcare workers, telecoms workers, teachers, transit operators and millions of other frontline workers joined with environmental groups today to sue the federal government over its failure to provide adequate reusable respirators, N95 masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment to these essential workers.
Donald Trump’s Erratic and Impulsive Refusal to Discuss COVID Relief Creates Unnecessary Hardship for Working Families
By declaring that his administration will not discuss a COVID relief package until after the election, Donald Trump has shown the American people where his priorities lie.
AT&T Retail Store Closures are Business as Usual
Last week, AT&T announced plans to close 320 company-owned AT&T Mobility retail stores in November and December, disrupting the employment of over 1,600 workers during the holiday season.
New Reports Detail How Telecoms Companies Like AT&T are Failing to Provide Broadband and Good Jobs
3 new reports released today by the Communications Workers of America, the Economic Policy Institute, and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance describe how profit-driven corporations have left communities without access to next-generation fiber networks and eliminated good jobs, with a spotlight on AT&T.