Claude Cummings was elected president of CWA in 2023. Cummings began his career as a Southwestern Bell technician, hired in 1973, the year the Bell companies signed an affirmative action decree with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Cummings served as president of Houston Local 6222 for twelve years and as vice president of CWA District 6 for another twelve years. Cummings is a national leader in civil and voting rights organizations.
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