IUE-CWA Co-Hosts First General Electric Annual Stakeholders Meeting and Sounds Alarm on GE Practices Weakening Manufacturing Jobs
We’re calling on GE to put the industrial future of America first.
First-of-Its-Kind Report Exposes Hedge Fund Activist Elliott Management’s Long-Term Harm to Portfolio Companies and Investors
Elliott Management, one of the largest and most prominent activist hedge funds globally, is undermining the long-term health of companies it targets with its activist campaigns.
NewsGuild President Tells Lawmakers Local News is Facing an Extinction-Level Threat
"In the last 16 years, 2,100 newsrooms across the country have shut down. And there are half as many newspaper journalists working today as there were a decade ago."
How Hedge Fund "Activism" Boosts Short-Term Stock Prices at the Expense of Workers
CWA hosted a panel at the Council of Institutional Investors Spring conference exposing how hedge fund "activism" boosts short-term stock prices at the expense of workers, customers, and long-term investors.
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CWA President Chris Shelton's Statement on Biden's Win: The Work of Healing Our Country Can Now Begin
This election, held during a global pandemic and under a President who has refused to commit to a peaceful transition of power, has been like no other. Yet Americans responded with resolve, voting in record numbers.
Joe Biden Will Act to Stop Job Offshoring During His First Week in Office
This week, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris announced the steps that they will take to stop outsourcing, including a series of executive actions during their first days in office.
A Labor Day Message from CWA President Chris Shelton
Labor Day traditionally marks the homestretch of election season. As we race toward November 3rd, working people have more at stake than ever before.
On Labor Day We Must Decide What We Want For Our Future
Labor Day traditionally marks the homestretch of election season. As we race toward November 3rd, working people have more at stake than ever before.
Who is Paul Singer?
The podcast "Who Is?" has just released an episode focusing on Paul Singer, the billionaire hedge fund CEO behind Elliott Management's predatory campaign to destroy AT&T.
U.S. Banks Earn Failing Grades on COVID-19 Response
The Committee for Better Banks released a new analysis of the nation's 12 largest retail banks' COVID-19 response, finding major shortcomings in how the nation's wealthiest industry has handled the pandemic.
Senate Passes Coronavirus Relief Bill But More Remains to Be Done to Help Working People
CWA legislative activists have been engaging with their members of Congress and Senators to make sure that the coronavirus emergency relief bill addresses the needs of working people, not just CEOs and Wall Street.
U.S. House Passes Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act
Thanks to the tireless work of CWA members and a broad coalition of labor, civil rights, environmental, religious, immigrant rights, and women's groups, the U.S. House passed historic legislation to make it easier for workers to join a union.
It’s Time to #MakeBillionairesPay!
CWAers are fighting to make billionaires pay their fair share!
CWA Leaders Fight Back against Economic Injustice
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens and AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson spoke at a Poor People's Campaign press conference this week in Washington, D.C.
Workers and Community Members Press Stephanie Murphy to Support the PRO Act
"Does she think that it is okay for corporations to have so much control over our lives?"
Shelton: Working People Must Win Elections in 2020
CWA President Chris Shelton spoke to activists at the CWA National Legislative-Political Retreat about how critical it is to take back the White House and the U.S. Senate with pro-union candidates in 2020.
CWAers Protest Paul Singer and Call for Billionaires to Pay Taxes
The protest took place ahead of a Manhattan Institute panel discussion Wednesday at noon on how the richest New Yorkers can fight new laws which would expand tenant protections.
CWAers Featured at Progressive Strategy Summit
CWAers were featured at an event bringing together members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and activists from every corner of the progressive movement.
PRO Act Workers' Rights Bill Picks Up Bipartisan Support
Corporate lobbyists have spent decades weakening our laws to keep the balance of power tilted in favor of CEOs and the super-rich.
CWA to AT&T Board and Investors: Reject Damaging Proposals from Elliott Management
Elliott Management purchased about 1% of AT&T's stock and announced plans last month to extract profits from the company by cutting jobs and selling off critical assets.
CWA Members are Ready to Fight for Workers' Rights against New Trump Labor Secretary Scalia
Republican members of the U.S. Senate voted last week to confirm President Trump's new pick for Labor Secretary, Eugene Scalia, who has made a career of representing big corporations in their efforts to dismantle workers' rights.
Union Representing 100,000 AT&T Employees Writes To AT&T Board, Business Roundtable: Stick To Your Word, Reject Damaging Proposals From Elliott Management
In two letters publicly released today, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) is urging AT&T’s CEO, board of directors and largest investors and Business Roundtable to put a stop to controversial proposals from Elliott Management that CWA says will cut jobs and destroy long-term value and are the “archetype ploy of vulture capitalists.”
Successful AT&T Strike Shows that Workers Can't Rely on Empty Promises from CEOs
Some say the era of corporate accountability is here.