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Biden Adds 27 Union Leaders to Transition Team
With Joe Biden becoming the President-elect on Saturday, the process of transitioning from Trump to Biden has begun. Even without the help of Trump or the General Services Administration (GSA), Biden...
Trump Ends Stimulus Negotiations
Months of negotiations between the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were upended on Tuesday when Trump took to Twitter to announce that he was...
Union Avoidance Goes Online
Jackson Lewis is one of the largest anti-union law firms in the country. On their website they brag about their work in union avoidance, helping companies like Boeing and Ikea stop organizing drives...
Stopping Work for 8 Minutes, 46 Seconds
This post was written by CWA District 1 VP Dennis Trainor As trade unionists and as Americans, we were all outraged by the vicious murder of George Floyd. We are heartened by the...
Save the News
On Monday, the NewsGuild-CWA launched a new advocacy campaign called Save The News to make the case that local newsrooms must be included in future federal recovery efforts to support essential...
Honoring Those Who Died
This post was written by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, when we remember workers killed or injured on the job and renew our commitment to fight for...
Put a Worker on the AT&T Board
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Jeff Rechenbach has proposed that AT&T add an employee director to its Board. The proposal will be up for a vote at AT&T's Annual Meeting of...
CWA Demands GE Use Aviation Workers to Build Ventilators
As states prepare for the apex of the coronavirus outbreak, there is a fear that the need for ventilators will outpace the stockpile. To ramp up the production of the needed equipment, Trump has...
How Unions are Bargaining Coronavirus Protections
With coronavirus spreading throughout the world, workers in a number of industries have faced uncertain futures. Sports leagues have been canceled, and jobs have shut down. However, for some union...
Bank Workers Win Historic Union
This week, a majority of bank workers at Beneficial State Bank chose to join CWA, becoming the first U.S. bank workers in decades to win union rights. The bargaining unit of 113 includes bankers,...