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The Communications Workers of America and its media sectors are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject changes to broadcast media ownership rules unless the outcome will encourage greater diversity and competition in news coverage and other local programming.
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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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With high spirits and chants of “We are the 99%!”, a dozen marchers headed South from Albany to Stuyvesant, New York. The weather for the kick-off was beautiful. Labor leaders and State Senator Breslin, State Assmeblymember McEneny and others joined CWA Vice President Chris Shelton to rally up the crowd in front of the Verizon building, across from the State Capitol and Occupy Albany. Marchers were warmly greeted upon arrival in Stuyvesant, with some locals bringing refreshments to share with the group. Some of the marchers wanted to Occupy Stuyvesant after that but Friday is another big day to send a message to the 1% at Verizon. Onward!
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CWA and other unions representing New Jersey public workers are taking the state to federal court to fight costly changes to employees’ pension plans.
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About 10,000 CWAers and union activists from New Jersey filled the streets Thursday outside the state capitol in Trenton to protest a deal between Gov. Chris Christie and some legislators that would take away the right of public workers to bargain over health care and pensions.
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More than 500 German workers descended on Deutsche Telekom’s global shareholders’ meeting in Cologne last Thursday to demand that the company respect the right of its American T-Mobile employees to unionize and bargain collectively.
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Washington — At a time when ideologically-motivated assaults on workers remain salient and unpopular among his constituents back in Wisconsin, Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) is nonetheless attempting to advance a measure in Washington that could be ripped from the anti-union playbook of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
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As many state and federal lawmakers try to crush workers’ rights, CWA and its allies are rapidly building momentum and networks, as CWA’s fourth “virtual town hall” phone call illustrated Tuesday night.

About 2,000 CWA members around the country listened as CWA leaders, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka and four CWA activists updated campaigns to fight back, including more than 100 May Day events around the country last Sunday that brought together immigrant and workers’ rights activists.
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AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA is good news. AT&T will build out broadband to provide service to 95 percent of the country and workers at T-Mobile will benefit from a management record of neutrality in organizing.
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Gearing up for the biggest nationwide mobilization of workers in decades, CWA, the union movement and a growing list of allies are planning activities and events for April 4, the day in 1968 that Martin Luther King was murdered while supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis.
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