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Jobs, Health Care and Retirement Security

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CWA members across the country are working through bargaining and legislative action to protect good jobs, quality health care and a secure retirement for working families. 

But these cornerstones of the middle class are being eroded. 

One of the biggest threats to working families is the continued outsourcing of our good paying jobs. Shipping jobs to low-road contractors and overseas has become just another corporate business decision without regard for the impact on workers and communities across our country. CWA is fighting back, and holding legislators accountable in their promises to stand up for our families by fighting for fair trade agreements, creating incentives to companies for domestic production, and investing in the critical jobs important for our future – in the green economy and other sectors.

Workers are paying more for health plans that deliver less coverage and over half have no employer-sponsored retirement plan at all. 

Medicare and Social Security are constantly under attack by Wall Streeters who want to shift the risk of affording health care and retirement to seniors.

Information and resources are provided here to assist CWA members in the fight to preserve quality benefit plans and secure a healthy future for all workers.


Health Care Bargaining

Pension Bargaining

Understanding the Affordable Care Act

State Public Employee Pension Websites

News

Town Hall Call
News
July 10, 2025

CWA Members Share Powerful Stories During “Fighting Attacks on Our Jobs and Our Future” Town Hall

During the call, CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. praised CWA members, retirees, staff, and executive board members for their response to this crisis.
CWA New Jersey Healthcare Rally
News
July 10, 2025

CWAers Vow to Continue the Fight for Affordable Healthcare in N.J.

CWA members and retirees in New Jersey hosted a mass mobilization at the state capitol last week in opposition to Governor Phil Murphy's budget, which would make healthcare costs skyrocket for as many as 90,000 public-sector workers.
New Jersey Healthcare Rally
Press Release

CWA District 1 Slams New Jersey Budget Deal for Punishing New Jersey Working Families with Higher Healthcare Costs in Backroom Agreement

CWA District 1 today sharply condemned Governor Murphy, Speaker Coughlin, and Senate President Scutari for approving a budget deal that forces state employees and retirees to shoulder an arbitrary $100 million healthcare cut.