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CWA to Host Huge PRO Act Webinar Thursday
As the debate over the PRO Act heats up, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) are holding a webinar to inform their members about the important bill. The Protect the Right to Organize (PRO...
Workers Organize at Private Schools, Shred-it and Newspapers
When workers have a voice at work, they are able to better fight for their rights. That is what workers at the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon warehouse believe and why Amazon is fighting so hard to stop...
Medium and Daily Kos Organize with CWA
Over the last few months, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have been organizing workers in the digital space. UCOMM previously reported on their efforts through CODE-CWA to organize...
Painters Union Launches PRO Act Campaign
With Joe Biden set to become President next week and Democrats gaining control of the Senate, while holding control of the House of Representatives, the push to pass the PRO Act has restarted. The...
Workers Organize at Google
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is facing a challenge like they have never faced before, an organizing effort by their tech side workers. The organizing announcement was made through an op-ed...
Pandemic Demonstrates Need for Unions
Even with a preventable pandemic raging, workers are continuing to organize. From Washington D.C. to Guam, working people are demanding a voice at work. Here are a few recent organizing wins. At...
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...