The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America today endorsed the re-election of President Barack Obama as President of the United States. In a unanimous endorsement, CWA’s Executive Board said:
“In the last year, we’ve seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader.”
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In his State of The Union address and a series of events around the nation, President Barack Obama has noted the damages inflicted by the trend of off-shoring American jobs and has called for companies to reinvest in American workers by focusing on domestic insourcing.
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Jan 12As the nation approaches the two year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, which helped open the floodgates to unprecedented levels of corporate money in politics, the Communications Workers of America today announces a series of actions to raise awareness of the corrosive influence of money in politics.
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A long campaign of solidarity for NABET-CWA members at NBC Universal has paid off, as the union and company reached a tentative agreement this week with wage and job security improvements. The last contract expired March 31, 2009.
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AFA-CWA Flight Attendants at United Airlines are preparing to vote on a tentative agreement reached with United last weekend through expedited mediation.
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T-Mobile USA Regional Vice President Tom Ellefson led an unrelenting, and ultimately, personal attack on technicians on Long Island, N.Y., who wanted a union and bargaining rights.
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An online poll is seeking input from members to help the CWA Executive Board decide on a possible presidential endorsement in 2012.
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Movement building, upcoming AT&T Mobility bargaining talks in District 6, and extending CWA representation to unorganized wireless workers were key issues for 150 CWAers attending the union’s AT&T Mobility Leadership conference in Detroit this month.
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In a victory for airline workers who want a fair chance to vote for union representation, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., has upheld new rules that ensure that National Mediation Board elections are held to the same democratic principles that govern all U.S. elections.
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American Airlines passenger service agents, who are fighting for a voice at work through CWA representation, filed a petition Dec. 7 asking the National Mediation Board to set an election date.
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