New Report Exposes Elliot Management's Harm to Pensions and Telecom Companies
The report shows the various ways Elliott Management’s activist interventions negatively impact the long-term health of the companies it has targeted
Organizing Update - August 19, 2021
In a historic win, AT&T In Home Expert (IHX) workers in Southfield, Mich., overwhelmingly chose to join CWA with 84 percent of the vote. IHX workers nationwide want to join CWA, but have met strong resistance from AT&T at every step.
Communications Workers of America Launches ‘Build Broadband Better’ Campaign to Ensure Affordability and Widespread Deployment by Qualified Union Workers
(CWA) has launched the “Build Broadband Better” campaign to ensure that the funding results in affordable, reliable broadband for all Americans and creates good union jobs.
AT&T's WarnerMedia/Discovery Deal Needs More Scrutiny
AT&T announced a plan this week to spin off its WarnerMedia division and combine it into a new company with Discovery.
CWA Calls for Scrutiny of AT&T's Warner Media/Discovery Deal
Citing concerns about the impact on workers in the media sector, the Communications Workers of America is calling for greater scrutiny of AT&T’s plan to spin off its Warner Media division and combine it into a new company with Discovery.
Why Didn't AT&T Do Anything to Prevent These Workers' Deaths?
A new report issued by the AFL-CIO, its 30th annual Death on the Job Report, reveals that every day, on average, 275 U.S. workers die from hazardous working conditions.
Solidarity with Locked-Out Teamsters at Marathon Petroleum
In an effort to appease the predatory hedge fund Elliott Management, Marathon Petroleum is trying to cut union jobs and contract work out to push up the company's stock prices.
You Shouldn’t Need to Run a $10,000 Ad to Get Quality Internet Access
This week at a congressional hearing, CWA President Chris Shelton testified on the failure of telecom companies to upgrade their networks and called on Congress to take action to expand broadband access.
Connecticut CWAers Fight to Save Call Center Jobs
Two years ago, AT&T moved 100 call center jobs out of Meriden, Conn., presenting workers with an impossible decision: uproot their lives and move to Georgia or Tennessee, or lose their jobs.
In Memoriam – January 28, 2021
CWA has established a memorial page for members who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
CWA Supports Fuse Media's Complaint Against AT&T
Fuse Media, a Latino-owned and managed cable network, has alleged that AT&T is forcing it off of its distribution platforms in favor of programming from WarnerMedia, which is owned by AT&T.
CWA Members Continue to Build Worker Power with Wins in Georgia Senate Runoff
With this week's victories for Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, working people in Georgia and across the United States have ensured that their voices will be heard on Capitol Hill in 2021 and beyond.
Bargaining Update
CWA and AT&T agreed to extend two contracts covering 24,000 technicians, call center customer support workers, and representatives.
CWA Members Sound Alarm of Sexual Assault, Toxic Workplace at AT&T Vallejo Store
AT&T workers and community allies rallied together to demand change at AT&T Mobility's Vallejo store after an assistant manager sexually assaulted a worker in October.
CWA Contract with AT&T Extended for Mobility Workers
The Communications Workers of America and AT&T have agreed to extend two contracts covering 24,000 technicians, call center customer support workers and representatives at AT&T's retail stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.
CWA Calls on Teleperformance to Ensure Worker Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic
Teleperformance is the world's largest call center service provider, operating in 80 countries and providing services to some of the largest brands and companies on the planet, including AT&T.
CWA Members Fight COVID Outbreak at AT&T Call Center
Nearly 40% of the workers on the center's fifth floor have become infected with the coronavirus or developed symptoms since mid-November.
With Elliott Management's AT&T Exit, It's Time for a New Path
Elliott Management has sold its shares of AT&T stock just one year after it began its destructive campaign to make a quick buck by forcing AT&T's management to drastically cut costs.
Elliott Management Wanted to Make a Quick Buck at AT&T; It’s Time to Chart a New Path.
Elliott Management’s sale of its AT&T shares after one year shows that Elliott’s leadership was never interested in the long term success of AT&T, its workers, or its customers.
In Memoriam – November 12, 2020
CWA has established a memorial page for members who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
In Memoriam – November 5, 2020
CWA has established a memorial page for members who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
CWA Members Push AT&T for Work from Home after Call Center COVID-19 Outbreak
Despite 30 employees at an AT&T call center in Tustin, Calif. testing positive for COVID-19 and a probable fatality from the disease, AT&T has not agreed to allow all employees at the center to work from home.
CWAers Rally Around Joe Biden's Plan to Push Companies to Build Out Broadband with Union Workers
On Wednesday, CWA members participated in a town hall centered around the need for federal funding for broadband.
Communications Workers of America and Michigan Leaders Rally With Build Back Better Michigan Tour in Support of Biden’s Broadband Initiatives
Communications Workers of America President Chris Shelton and CWA members joined Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich) and Congressmen Dan Kildee (MI-05) and Andy Levin (MI-09) for a Biden campaign virtual rally to highlight how the Vice President’s plan to invest in broadband infrastructure would bring jobs to Michigan's communities, support education, empower workers, and close the digital divide.