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No Union at the IRS
Another day, another attack on labor. Over the last few weeks, Trump and the Executive Branch have issued Executive Orders meant to weaken Federal unions and the Supreme Court has issued one of the...
Janus Case Isn’t Hurting Unions, It Is Making Them Stronger
The German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Was ihn nicht umbringt, macht ihn stärker.” Translated, it says, “What does not kill him makes him stronger.”...
How the Trump Tax Cut is Failing Working People
CWA President Chris Shelton appeared on Washington Post Live to discuss how the Republican corporate tax cut bill has failed working families in its first six months.
They Stole a Supreme Court Seat From Us
Yesterday morning the Supreme Court's conservative majority handed down an awful decision, siding with corporations over working families by making it harder for unions to organize nationwide....
An Ad Campaign to Destroy Unions
Possibly emboldened by the announcement that Trump will sign a National Right to Work law, the anti-union Center for Union Facts will be airing a commercial over the next two nights supporting the...
Trump Proposes Closing the Labor and Education Departments
Over the last year and a half, Trump has directed his focus on destroying federal unions and weakening the power of federal workers. UCOMM previously covered Trump’s Executive Order reducing...
Trump Supports National Right to Work Bill
The National Right to Work Committee has been working for years to get the President to sign a National Right to Work law. This would make it illegal for a private or public-sector union to charge...
From Protest to Politics
Opening this week's CWA Legislative-Political Conference, CWA President Chris Shelton asked participants to lead the fight to win back power for working people in this fall's election.
IBEW 1049 Launches Voter Registration Campaign
The IBEW is launching a nationwide campaign to register our members to vote so we can vote in this year's primaries and the general election. Even within my union, Local 1049, we have a number of...
Union Says No More Immigration Arrests
As the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) continues to grapple with understaffing and further cuts, five federal prisons are beginning to receive more than 1,600 ICE detainees. The massive influx of both...