Local unions and members are signing up for debate watch parties on Oct. 7, the night of the second scheduled debate between Barack Obama and John McCain, and planning for a live online chat with CWA President Larry Cohen the next day. That debate will get underway at 8 pm CDT on the 7th.
With the presidential and congressional elections just 40 days out, CWA activists are part of an unprecedented movement to highlight the candidates' positions on the Employee Free Choice Act, and critical middle class issues like health care, retirement security, and the economy in key states.
Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Cintron was in Iraq when his wife went into labor this summer at a Brooklyn hospital. But he got to see every minute of the birth, and even saw his son before his wife did – via a high-speed webcast.
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure took a close look at the anti-worker policies of the National Mediation Board, with Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) expressing concern that "the deck is stacked against unionization."
Charles A. Perlik, Jr., the longest-serving president of The Newspaper Guild-CWA and an internationally recognized champion for journalists and human rights, died Sept. 17 of pulmonary failure at 84.
