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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.

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, when we remember workers killed or injured on the job and renew our commitment to fight for strong safety and health protections.

April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, when we remember workers killed or injured on the job and renew our commitment to fight for strong safety and health protections. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the day that the Occupational Health and Safety Act went into effect, promising every worker the right to a safe job.

Nelson discussed the success of the Payroll Support Program (PSP) in keeping workers in the airline industry on the job and connected to health care and benefits during the pandemic.

The brutality of President Rodrigo Duterte's regime shocked the world on March 7 when a raid by police and the military killed nine human rights defenders.

This week, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act is up for a vote on the House floor.

On April 8th and 9th, more than 175 CWA members gathered for the first ever virtual District 7 Conference.

Check out the video to find out why Vice President Cummings chose to get vaccinated, hear about his experience getting the vaccine, and what he's looking forward to doing once we have beaten this pandemic.

As vaccine availability increases across the country, thousands of CWA members and retirees are getting vaccinated, including CWA President Chris Shelton.

Nearly 200 CWA District 1 stewards and Health and Safety workplace committee members in New Jersey participated in the third part of an eleven hour virtual training course last week.

Members and retirees from across our union have been sharing their reasons for getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

The survey is for all members whether you have had a vaccination, plan on getting a vaccination, or do not want to get a vaccination.

Visit cwa.org/covid for up-to-date information on protecting yourself from COVID-19 infection and answers to frequently asked questions about vaccination.

Now that several COVID-19 vaccinations are approved and vaccination programs are underway, we are making real progress toward reducing infections, illness, and death from the virus.

Under the previous administration, the CDC’s refusal to recognize aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 led to weak guidance, leaving workers and the public unprotected from COVID-19

In the Philippines, the Rodrigo Duterte regime will stop at nothing in its efforts to use violence and intimidation to target working people.

On Monday, President Biden issued an executive order to update and strengthen Buy American requirements for federal spending.

In response to pressure from union and community members, University of Memphis President M. David Rudd emailed all campus workers on Tuesday announcing a commitment to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour effective June 5, 2021.

CWA issued a statement on Wednesday calling for corporations to demand refunds from and cease contributions to the Republican Attorneys General Association, which played a key role in promoting last week's riots.

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.

UC Healthcare Workers and members of the Sunrise Movement join with CWA.

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.

Call center workers at government service provider Maximus held socially distant protests today calling on the company to respect their "Bill of Rights."

According to a new policy brief from Local Progress, the telecommunications industry has used misleading messaging to push cities to deploy 5G networks.