Sandy Rusher helped tens of thousands of workers join CWA during her more than thirty years as an CWA organizer, first with the Texas State Employees Union (TSEU), then District 6 Organizing Director, and CWA national Organizing Director. At TSEU, she pioneered (with Danny Fetonte), the CWA model of organization of state workers without collective bargaining coverage. Rusher continued to work with Fetonte and District 6 vice-president Vic Crawley on a bargain to organize “Five Years to Card Check” campaign that won majority sign-up (card check)/neutrality for SBC (and after multiple mergers, AT&T) wireless workers. Among her many organizing achievements, Rusher led the long, ultimately successful campaign to support American Airlines customer service employees win their union.
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