After years of calling for reform in the badly broken Division of Youth and Family Services, N.J. CWA locals are outraged that the state is pointing fingers at caseworkers.
The White House and Congressional leaders bullied Republican moderates into abandoning support for the amendment that would have protected millions of workers from losing their overtime pay rights.
Noted musicians have joined an activist coalition to spread the word about the threat that growing media consolidation, unfair trade and greed-based economics pose to democracy.
CWA President Morton Bahr and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined workers and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unveil legislation that will be the centerpiece of Dec. 10 events launching a nationwide campaign to restore workers' freedom to form unions.