CWA

  • Trade Heads Are Secretly Crafting NAFTA of the Pacific
    Cynthia Phinney
    May 24 2012 - 11:34am
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    The latest project of corporations seeking to remove barriers to movement of capital around the globe is the Trans Pacific Partnership, known by activists as “NAFTA of the Pacific.” Leaked texts indicate that the TPP is another free trade proposal that will continue strong rights for investors and weak protections for labor, the environment, and local democracy.

  • With Contracts Expired at AT&T, Communications Workers Strive for Unity

    Communications Workers at AT&T are back in bargaining just 18 months after the last group of workers settled a contract. Once again the company is proving to be difficult to deal with, spurring the union to forge unity across regions and between AT&T and Verizon workers.

  • Unions Seek to Regain Foothold at GE
    Mischa Gaus
    Apr 10 2012 - 11:24am

    If the war against unions has reached a tipping point, Wilma Smith is among those determined to rebalance the scales. Workers like her are losing their fear and leading a spurt of organizing at General Electric.

  • Unions Struggle to Regroup As Verizon’s Hits Keep Coming
    Pat Fahy
    Apr 4 2012 - 12:09pm

    Seven months after last August’s bitter Verizon strike, the company's attack continues relentlessly. Hundreds of layoffs in New Jersey are underway as union leaders and rank-and-file rabble-rousers debate how to regain leverage.

  • Obama, Democrats Deal Setback to Airline Workers
    Theresa Moran
    Feb 15 2012 - 12:20pm

    Two years after President Obama and Democrats abandoned labor’s much-anticipated Employee Free Choice Act, they have refused to block Republicans intent on making life miserable for airline and rail workers.

  • Cablevision Workers Lead MLK Day March as Disparities Fuel Union Drive
    Mischa Gaus
    Jan 16 2012 - 10:05am

    Cablevision's Brooklyn technicians will lead a Martin Luther King Day march with the Reverend Al Sharpton to protest the company's racial disparities and prepare for a January 26 union election vote.

  • Striking Back against Picket Line Retaliation
    David Cohen
    Jan 13 2011 - 9:50am

    Verizon fired 40 union members in December for picket-line activity. Aren’t members protected in legally sanctioned strikes? Not always. But unions can prevent firings for strike conduct by mounting massive and disciplined activity that doesn’t allow the boss to target a few troublemakers.

  • Occupy Wake-Up Call Caps Remarkable Year
    Jane Slaughter
    Dec 30 2011 - 8:42am

    It’s been an exhilarating year, with people finally moving into resistance after decades of misrule. The new-found energy is rejuvenating, making it easy to forget that we haven’t won most of these battles yet. Still, we’re way ahead of where we were this time last year.

  • Verizon Targets Union Leaders in Retaliatory Firings

    Verizon unleashed another salvo in the company’s six-month battle against its unionized workers, firing 40 East Coast workers over the weekend for picket-line activity during August’s two-week strike.

  • Reformers Sweep Vote in Verizon Union

    Verizon, look out—there’s a new union in town. A reform group took over a big New York City telecom local yesterday, pledging to re-energize the union. The election took place against the backdrop of a wrenching contract fight that’s dragged on since a two-week strike at Verizon in August.