News and Views
A Message to All Illinois AT$T CWA & IBEW Local 21 Union Members!
Following is CWA's response to the recent remarks by AT&T Vice President Mark Royce. Please make sure all your members see it -- it should be posted in work sites, on local websit...
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Verizon Settlement Provides New Union Jobs, Protects Health Care for Active and Retired CWA & IBEW Workers, Boosts Wages, Pensions for 65,000!
A new tentative three-year contract settlement with Verizon achieves union employees' major goals of promoting union jobs and expanding bargaining rights, providing good health car...
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It's Time To Stand Up Against AT$T Mobility! (Our Friendly Partner)!
"Members of CWA-Mobility, we need to step to the plate and show the company we are fed up and are willing to do what ever it takes to get a fair contract for healthcare. On 7/11, ...
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Wal-Mart Managers Warn Employees of Obama November Election Victory and Unionization in USA!
"The November election could bring that extra support in Congress, as well as the White House if Sen. Obama is elected and Democrats extend their control in the Senate. Sen. Obama ...
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Wal-Mart Signs Union Contracts With Official Chinese Communist Unions!
"US retail giant Wal-Mart, criticised for its attitude to organised labour at home, said Friday it had reached collective bargaining agreements with China's official union in sever...
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Obama to Bush Administration: Pay Theft Is Illegal!
The Bush administration's Department of Labor has a clear record of protecting powerful corporate interests at the expense of workers. Sen. Barack Obama is speaking out against thi...
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Six Little Words! By David Sirota
"History books teem with six-word phrases, from the comforting ("Nothing to fear but fear itself") to the inspiring ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall") to the embarrassing ("Rea...
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Bush Rushes to Change Workplace Toxin Rules!
"This is flat-out secrecy," said Peg Seminario, director of health and safety policy at the AFL-CIO. "They are trying to essentially change the job safety and health laws and reduc...
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CWA/AT&T MOBILITY BENEFITS BARGAINING REPORT
The next step in this process is to meet together with a Mediator who will attempt to facilitate us reaching a tentative agreement. Mediation will begin on July 14 and continue up...
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CWA Convention Delegates Endorse Barack Obama!
Senator Obama has made clear his commitment to CWA's four key issues -- the Employee Free Choice Act, universal health care, fair trade and good jobs, and financial security for re...
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