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Cecilia Valdez, CWA 7026 Secretary-Treasurer, was honored with the 2018 Grijalva Champion of Social Security Award

CWAers and retirees are joining tens of thousands of people across the country to fight back against the structures that are undermining our democracy and supporting economic injustice.

Passenger service agents from Envoy Air and Piedmont Airlines will gather at airports across the country on Monday, April 16 to step up their calls for sustainable, family supporting wages at the airline.

"CWA members are prepared to do whatever it takes to get a fair contract at AT&T Midwest that prioritizes job security, healthcare, and retirement."

Ethelyne Dianna Brooks, EVP of CWA Local 6016, writes about how her daughter-in-law inspired her to work with her union to bring in a mobile clinic to screen members at her call center for breast cancer.

CWA members from five different locals across North Carolina joined the Moral March to advocate for pro-labor policies.

CWA wants to make sure that the nation's biggest employers actually give working families the wage increases the Trump administration claims will result from cutting the corporate tax rate.

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The Republican tax plan will raise taxes on working families and give corporations new incentives to send more U.S. jobs overseas.

It appears that the Republican leadership has failed in their latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

After so many failed attempts to gut health care, the Republican leadership can't seem to help itself.

There's a massive lobbying effort underway right now to give big tax breaks to millionaires and corporations at the expense of the rest of us.

These opinion pieces and letters to the editor by CWA leaders and activists were published recently in daily newspapers.

A new study finds that while health care costs for active employees have more than doubled since 2001, retirement benefit costs have actually decreased as a percent of wages during that time.

A new report finds employer matches to 401(k)s are increasing as the economy improves.

Last month Arizona became the seventh state mandating employees have access to paid sick leave.

Target Date Funds are 401(k) investment options that make automatic investment allocations. More than half of all workers have money in TDFs or similar funds.

Senate Democrats and three Republicans say no to disastrous health care bill. 

Republicans are voting on a bill this week to end health care coverage for 22 million American, 15 million of whom will lose coverage from a 26% cut to Medicaid. A recent story illustrates why Medicaid is an important program for all working families.

CWA participated in a Save Medicaid press event in Toledo.

The Senate Republicans released their new health care bill today.

Employers across the US are increasing health care costs for their employees, unde

A recent study of national health spending found that Americans with five or more chronic conditions make up 12 percent of the population but account for 41 percent of total health care spending. Americans with at least one chronic condition account for 90% of all costs.

With Senators home for recess, CWAers have been working hard to oppose the Senate Republicans' health care bill.