CWA is making a big difference in the fight to win Employee Free Choice. "We're just inches away from making this happen," CWA President Larry Cohen said.
On January 10, 2009, Verizon started the New Year on the wrong note with its most experienced and loyal employees in the Long Beach, California area when it decided to use contractors to avoid having to pay CWA members premium pay rates.
Just days after getting a $25 billion taxpayer bailout, Bank of America hosted a conference call to round up business opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act. Among those on the call was another recipient of a taxpayer bailout, AIG, which got more than $40 billion from working families and other taxpayers.
With the support of a coalition of retiree and consumer advocacy groups, CWA beat back an effort by seven telephone providers, including AT&T, Verizon and Embarq, to persuade the Florida Public Service Commission to allow the companies to lower quality standards and service to six million customers in the state.
