CWA is in some tough fights.
The good news is that we’re a union where members have each other’s backs.
That’s how we know we can take on greedy employers and the 1 percent, and win.
It’s time that the NJ government paid its fair share, when it comes to workers’ pensions. This November, voters – not Gov. Chris Christie or the state legislature – will vote on a ballot measure that would require the state to meet its pension fund obligation for public workers.
Nearly 10,000 DirecTV techs, customer service representatives and warehouse and administrative workers now have CWA representation. It’s proof that when workers make a free and fair choice about union representation, they say “CWA YES.”
CWA active members and retirees are fighting back against a pension grab orchestrated by Alcatel-Lucent in an attempt to improve their bottom line as part of the takeover by Nokia.
Tami Shultz, a UTK facility services staffer, had a question for Gov. Bill Haslam:
“I was wondering why you haven’t spoken to the people yet about campus outsourcing,” she said, approaching Haslam at a dedication ceremony. “I’m not asking for a lot, just communication.”
The 15,000 CWA workers at AT&T West are working without a contract after their collective bargaining agreement expired on April 10. CWA members are mobilizing across District 9, putting the company on notice that they’re serious about getting a good contract.
Despite making record profits — $39 billion in three years — Verizon executives are pushing to offshore more jobs to the Philippines, Mexico and other locations, outsource work to low-wage contractors and transfer workers away from home for months at a time.