News From: CWA
latest headlines
Push to Pass the Pro Act
Below is the text and the link to an email from the CWA. They are pushing the PRO Act. In their write up below they explain what the PRO Act is and what it would do to help working people. Many...
Billionaire CEO's Plan to Destroy AT&T
A vulture capitalist fund called Elliott Management, led by billionaire CEO Paul Singer, announced plans last month to extract profits from AT&T by cutting jobs and selling off critical assets...
Congress: Pass the PRO Act Now
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Education and Labor passed the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, H.R. 2474. The bold proposal that would restore fairness to the economy by...
Unions Join Worldwide Climate Strike
Across the world on Friday students and union members walked out and went on strike. The strike is not against one company, but rather a larger call for action on climate change.
Corporate Raider Targets AT&T Workers
Vulture hedge fund Elliott Management is pushing for changes at AT&T that would lead to drastic job cuts, increased use of authorized retailers at AT&T Mobility and the sale of part of AT...
CWA Honors those lost on 9/11
The message below was written by Dennis Trainor, CWA District 1 Vice President As we mark the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, please take a moment of silence and reflection to remember...
20,000 Strike Against AT&T in Southeast
At midnight on Saturday, August 24th, 20,000 Communications Workers of America (CWA) members went on strike. The members work at AT&T Southeast and are striking over unfair labor practices that...
Can We Prevent Call Center Offshoring?
More than 1,200 CWAers from across the country joined a CWA town hall call this week to hear from CWA President Chris Shelton and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) about how to take action in...
CWA Reaches Tentative Agreement with AT&T
The CWA bargaining teams have reached tentative agreements with AT&T's Midwest and AT&T Legacy T units, including AT&T Legacy T in Puerto Rico, and AT&T Mobility in Puerto Rico.
New Bill Would Crack Down on Call Center Offshoring
New legislation introduced this week by Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.), in the U.S. Senate and the bipartisan duo of Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) in the House would help crack...