Account Login

News and Views

The Raped Whores of Iraq: No Voice, No Hope!

"After 5 years of war, there is finally one story on CNN about the prostituting of Iraqi women. "On Deadly Ground: The Women of Iraq" aired this last weekend (March 15 and 16) and ...

Continue reading

The 2008-2009 School Year Joe Beirne Scholarship

Applications for CWA's annual Joe Beirne Scholarship Foundation awards are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 school year. This year the foundation's Board of Directors has appro...

Continue reading

The Myth of the Surge! By: Nir Rosen/Rolling Stone

"To the Americans, the "Awakening" represents a grand process of reconciliation, a way to draw more Sunnis into the fold. But whatever reconciliation the ISVs offer lies between th...

Continue reading

02/22/08 - 2009 AT&T Bargaining/Let Us Start Preparing Now!

"April 4, 2009 is the expiration of the CWA/AT&T Collective Bargaining Agreement and it is not too early to start preparing. This will be the most difficult and challenging bargain...

Continue reading

The Demise of Unions and The American Dream! (Re-Print)

CWA District 3 Local Presidents from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, representing CWA/AT$T bargaining uni...

Continue reading

Barack Obama Goes Populist In the Home Stretch

"In his victory speech last night, Obama hammered the North American Free Trade Agreement, previewing a major economic speech today. Here are some excerpts: "It's a Washingt...

Continue reading

AT$T: Legally Recognized Partners

Please Click below to download letter (PDF) from Lori J. Smith, Director, AT&T-Labor Relations, on a plan modification to the following benefit plans, effective March 1, 2008:...

Continue reading

AT$T Unilateral Work Intergration Violates All CWA & IBEW Contracts!

We have been informed by both the company and numerous AT&T Legacy T Locals that the company will be fully integrating the work of Legacy T Article 43 Techs and their counterparts ...

Continue reading

AT$T LEGACY T RETIREES SENT TERMINATION NOTICE FROM AETNA!

We received the following Labor Notice from AT&T earlier today. Apparently, Hewitt, AT&T's Plan Administrator sent termination of coverage notices to Aetna for 1,400 Legacy T Reti...

Continue reading

Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund For 2008 -2009!

The fund was established by a unanimous vote at the 1999 CWA District 4 Meeting in memory of District 4 Vice President Emeritus Robert D. Johnson. A random drawing is used to sele...

Continue reading

CWA National - News from the Front Lines

Typographical Union Label