http://www.cwa-union.org The latest CWA Union News. {weblog_language} Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} {gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/ouk-m3V1-cs/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/vote_on_faa_reauthorization_is_attack_on_workers_bargaining_rights/ The 157 House and 15 Senate Democrats who voted no on the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization made it clear: democracy isn't a choice between jobs and workers' rights. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Legislation and Politics 2012-02-09T14:53:27+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/vote_on_faa_reauthorization_is_attack_on_workers_bargaining_rights/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/iwlWGS5UIKo/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/flight_attendants_occufly_lax_to_protest_greed_attack_on_workers_rights/ Chanting, "It's not just about first class, it's about the middle class," more than 400 AFA-CWA Flight Attendants from 20 airlines and activists from Los Angeles area unions turned out for an "OccuFLY" demonstration at Los Angeles International Airport this week. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, The Occupy Movement 2012-02-09T14:51:04+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/flight_attendants_occufly_lax_to_protest_greed_attack_on_workers_rights/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/NbS_j1RuX_M/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/religious_academic_community_leaders_urge_verizon_ceo_to_bargain_fairly/ Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam was put on notice this week by more than 150 leaders from the religious, higher education, and civil and workers' rights communities who said, it's time for Verizon to "do the right thing and negotiate a fair contract." Bargaining/Companies, Unity@Verizon 2012-02-09T14:48:48+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/religious_academic_community_leaders_urge_verizon_ceo_to_bargain_fairly/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/ZZ9WhmP4Doc/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/offshoring_bill_has_51_co-sponsors_with_more_signing_on/ As of this week, 51 House members have signed on to co-sponsor the U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 3596. Call Center Bill, Customer Service, Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics 2012-02-09T14:46:58+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/offshoring_bill_has_51_co-sponsors_with_more_signing_on/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/1reMn99-c48/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/emarq_centurylink_techs_join_cwa_in_florida/ Embarq/CenturyLink technicians from Winter Park, Fla., won CWA Local 3176 representation, following a Jan. 27 decision by the National Labor Relations Board that their 60-59 election victory should stand. Bargaining/Companies, CenturyLink 2012-02-09T14:44:01+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/emarq_centurylink_techs_join_cwa_in_florida/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/jMUS2FN0m3M/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_ratify_contract_at_el_diario_newspaper/ A three-year contract at El Diario newspaper in Brooklyn, N.Y. was ratified by Newspaper Guild of New York, TNG-CWA Local 31003 members last week. Approved by a two-to-one margin, the agreement ends seven months of tense negotiations at the newspaper, the nation's oldest Spanish-language daily. Bargaining/Companies 2012-02-09T14:43:30+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/workers_ratify_contract_at_el_diario_newspaper/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/aA7OR57gHzU/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/first_of_four_regional_good_jobs_green_jobs_conferences_opens_in_march/ The first of four regional Good Jobs, Green Jobs conferences sponsored by the Blue Green Alliance opens in Atlanta, Feb. 23-24. Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2012-02-09T14:41:03+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/first_of_four_regional_good_jobs_green_jobs_conferences_opens_in_march/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/5xvtn40JFNU/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/click_here_a_workers_roundup_of_the_webs_best13/ Out to lunch? New Hampshire Republicans have introduced all manner of absurd bills so far this session. Now they're proposing that the state do away with the law requiring employers to give workers a lunch break. Human Rights 2012-02-09T14:40:48+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/click_here_a_workers_roundup_of_the_webs_best13/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/fkGuSFM00go/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/house_approves_attack_on_workers_rights_senate_can_step_up/ Despite strong Democratic opposition, the House of Representatives voted 248-169 to approve a blatant attack on workers' rights as part of the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization bill. Some 157 Democrats voted against the measure. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Legislation and Politics, Senate Rules Reform 2012-02-03T14:57:25+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/house_approves_attack_on_workers_rights_senate_can_step_up/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/yxN_PFRSYd8/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/activists_stand_up_fight_back_at_cwa_leg-pol_conference/ More than 700 CWA activists covered Capitol Hill as part of CWA's Legislative-Political conference in Washington. Their message to senators, representatives and staff: we're fighting back to restore democracy and economic justice for working families. CWA activists visited more than 350 congressional offices. Holding Elected Officials Accountable, Call Center Bill, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy, Corporate Money In Politics, Legislative Issues, Legislation and Politics, Senate Rules Reform 2012-02-03T14:46:22+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/activists_stand_up_fight_back_at_cwa_leg-pol_conference/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/31yb0eIehKw/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_flight_attendants_reach_tentative_agreement/ AFA-CWA reached a tentative agreement with US Airways this week on a single, combined contract to unite the 6,700 Flight Attendants at the airline from US Airways and the pre-merger America West. Bargaining/Companies 2012-02-03T14:39:37+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_flight_attendants_reach_tentative_agreement/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/GnAnLXgkwYM/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_agent_ad-hoc_committee_gets_its_day_in_court/ An ad hoc committee of passenger service agents organizing for a CWA voice at American Airlines convinced a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block a huge multimillion dollar payoff by parent company AMR Corp. to financial firms working on the airline's bankruptcy reorganization. 2012-02-03T14:36:22+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/american_airlines_agent_ad-hoc_committee_gets_its_day_in_court/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/4M6rIDa3oEU/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_re-election_of_president_obama/ The 700,000-member Communications Workers of America today endorsed the re-election of President Barack Obama as President of the United States. In a unanimous endorsement, CWA's Executive Board said: "In the last year, we've seen the start of a growing movement to take back our country and to end the control of corporations and the wealthy that truly threatens our democracy. We need elected leaders who support this movement to restore democracy. President Obama is that leader." Legislation and Politics 2012-02-02T15:59:36+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/communications_workers_of_america_endorses_re-election_of_president_obama/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/rKyRVqqTYzk/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bi-partisan_call_center_legislation_meets_president_obamas_call_to_insource/ In his State of The Union address and a series of events around the nation, President Barack Obama has noted the damages inflicted by the trend of off-shoring American jobs and has called for companies to reinvest in American workers by focusing on domestic insourcing. Call Center Bill, Secure, Sustainable Jobs 2012-01-27T20:01:55+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bi-partisan_call_center_legislation_meets_president_obamas_call_to_insource/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/WswAPiAJ2Ls/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/indiana_house_passes_right_to_work_for_less/ CWA activists and union supporters are keeping up the fight against union busting in Indiana, despite the House passing "right to work" (for less) by a 55-44 vote yesterday. Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing, Democracy 2012-01-26T19:20:25+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/indiana_house_passes_right_to_work_for_less/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/Wt7S45LBdQ0/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/psa_flight_attendants_ready_to_strike/ After more than two and a half years of fruitless negotiations at PSA Airlines, Flight Attendants at the airline represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA warned the airline that workers would be forced to strike if management continues to refuse to bargain fairly. Bargaining/Companies, Collective Bargaining Rights and Organizing 2012-01-26T19:16:34+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/psa_flight_attendants_ready_to_strike/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/tv6rLJdD6p0/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_allies_fight_corporate_money_in_politics/ CWA, working with several organizations determined to restore our democracy, spotlighted the destructive influence of corporate money in politics in actions and events tied to the Jan. 20 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. Corporate Money In Politics 2012-01-26T19:15:34+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_allies_fight_corporate_money_in_politics/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/TZ5dAa20uMc/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/tell_congress_only_people_are_people/ Ever since the 2010 Supreme Court "Citizens United" decision declared that corporations and other groups could spend as much as they wanted in political campaigns, money has become a harmful and corrosive influence in American politics. Corporate Money In Politics 2012-01-26T19:13:50+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/tell_congress_only_people_are_people/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/3WzXInpp6HA/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cablevision_workers_campaign_wins_tremendous_public_support/ At last night's CWA national town hall meeting, Anthony Guerrier, a Cablevision worker in Brooklyn working for CWA representation, told the 6,000 CWAers listening that "we're optimistic that by this time tomorrow we'll be able to say that we are proud members of CWA Local 1109." Bargaining/Companies 2012-01-26T19:11:18+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cablevision_workers_campaign_wins_tremendous_public_support/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cwaunionnews/~3/6CqxrqxgYiQ/ http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/new_message_to_verizon_no_tax_dodging_and_no_union_busting/ CWA members tell the story of how Verizon doesn't pay its share of taxes in a great new mobilization video. Unity@Verizon, Unity@Verizon Mobilization 2012-01-26T19:10:09+00:00 http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/new_message_to_verizon_no_tax_dodging_and_no_union_busting/