Volume 70, Issue #2 | Summer 2010
Ready for the Future: Moving Forward Together
In 2005, CWA Convention delegates voted to begin the work of making our union "Ready for the Future."? This plan established strategic industry funds that have enabled our union to use innovative tactics and strategies, created a blueprint for building a new political movement and organized a Stewards Army that?s now 30,000 strong.
SIF: Health Care/Employee Free Choice: "We Couldn't Have Done it Without the SIF"
CWA's Strategic Industry Fund for Health Care Reform made a critical difference in the fight for health care reform, say members who worked on the campaign.
SIF: T-Mobile: New Strategy to Win Bargaining Rights
Through the T-Mobile SIF, CWA and ver.di, the union representing Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile workers in Germany, are working together to win bargaining rights for T-Mobile USA workers.
SIF: Verizon-Frontier: "We Welcomed the Opportunity to Do Our Part"
CWA's campaign against Verizon's plan to sell 4.8 million landlines to Frontier Communications raised concerns among consumers and elected officials in 14 states.
SIF: Windstream: The Fight for Retiree Health Care Goes On
Restoring heath care benefits for thousands of retirees at Windstream is one of the newest SIF campaigns. Last year, the company announced it would terminate retired workers? long-promised benefits in July 2010, affecting more than 3,000 retirees.
SIF: Verizon Business: Tearing Down the Wall
After a long battle for representation, Verizon Business technicians got their CWA voice in a breakthrough agreement with Verizon in 2008.