Volume 71, Issue #3 | Fall 2011
"You Can Only Take So Much of These Assaults"
CWA Activists Win FAA Reauthorization and Keep Democratic Union Election Standard
Weeks of activism by CWA and AFA-CWA members across the country stopped House Republicans from forcing a second shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration.
"I Know How It Feels to Be Powerless"
Building a Union at American Airlines
US Airways' reservations agent Vickey Hoots remembers just how tough her fight for a union was at US Airways. That's why she spends most of her time helping organize the 9,300 agents at American Airlines.
"I Have Too Much Invested to Give Up"
Northwest Flight Attendants Keep Up the Fight for Union Rights at Delta
AFA-CWA flight attendants at the former Northwest Airlines, now a part of Delta Air Lines, are keeping up the fight for their union.
"We Have to Be There for Each Other's Fights"
TAKE ACTION - MOVEMENT BUILDING
“We need to look for opportunities to link to other fights in our communities. We need to connect them, from Hyatt Hotels to Verizon stores to the postal workers’ campaign. If we’re there for each other, we all start winning. It’s all about building a movement. We can’t hope for it, we can’t wait for it. We have to fight for it.” — CWA President Larry Cohen
"Helping Them Get a Union Helps Us Too"
T-Mobile Organizing Campaign Brings CWAers Satisfaction and More
CWA members who are supporting T-Mobile workers in their campaign to organize know that they are helping themselves as well as the workers.