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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

New Jersey Healthcare Rally
News
June 5, 2025

Thousands of Public Sector Union Members Rally for Affordable Healthcare in New Jersey

“New Jersey’s public sector workers keep our state running every single day, and they should not be punished with unaffordable healthcare costs,” said Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1 Vice President.
NJ Healthcare Rally
Press Release

Public Sector Workers Demand Fix to Healthcare Affordability Crisis

Thousands of public sector and State workers gathered at the New Jersey State House Annex today to deliver a message to state lawmakers to put a stop to skyrocketing healthcare costs for New Jersey’s public sector workforce.
PPG Strikers Picket with Rep. Deluzio for Healthcare
News
May 29, 2025

Congressional Allies Introduce Bill to Protect Striking Workers’ Healthcare

When working people risk everything to hold employers accountable through the power of the strike, unscrupulous corporations resort to strike-breaking tactics like threatening to cancel families’ health insurance.