Organizing Update; New Executive Order Will Hold Federal Contractors Accountable for Workers' Rights, Wage and Workplace Violations; Middle Class Americans Taking a Battering Even as Wealthiest Families Soar; Moral Mondays Activists Come to the Nation's Capital to Fight for Health Care for the Poor; Reuters: Germany Set to Reject Canada-European Union Trade Deal; CWA Young Activists Hold Next Gen Summit; For Many Members, That Career Tonic is Just a Keyboard Away; Check Out This Cartoon; Texas Forum to Call on Congress to Stop TPP's Attack on Texan Jobs and Communities; What's the Latest on the Trans-Pacific Partnership?; Movement Building Update
The election at the New American Airlines is on! The NMB will mail voting instructions on Aug. 15, with the results to be counted and announced on Sept. 16.
CWA President Cohen on President Obama's executive order to ensure federal contractors follow laws on workers' wages, conditions, and rights: "We look forward to working with the White House and Department of Labor on this order."
Despite increasing productivity gains, middle class and working class Americans are not seeing any rewards from their work and efforts. In fact, they are losing ground as their economic well-being continues to decline.
