For 85 years, corporate special interests have spent billions to deploy an army of lobbyists and lawyers to orchestrate a relentless campaign to disempower working people. We are fighting back, and with a new president and a new Congress we have the opportunity to rebuild worker power.
Support for unions is at its highest level in decades, and millions of workers need training and support to bring union power to their workplaces. We cannot let employers use the pandemic as an excuse to erode our collective bargaining agreements.
CWA leaders and members have participated in a series of virtual training sessions on building an anti-racist union; recognizing implicit bias; how to actively dismantle racist systems, ideas, and practices; and how to form Local Human Rights Committees.
Too many Americans do not have access to affordable, reliable broadband. As President Shelton noted when he testified before Congress on the issue, children shouldn't have to sit in a McDonald’s parking lot using the free wifi to do their homework.
Letter from CWA President Chris Shelton: This issue focuses on what working families want today: Good jobs in our communities, health care, safe workplaces, retirement security and the right to join together in a union.
IT employees at UCSF confronted the Board of Regents over a plan to offshore their jobs to India. This is the beginning of an offshoring scheme in a university system that receives taxpayer funding.
Our national campaign to fight back against Wall Street greed is heating up. Goals include: End Too-Big-To-Fail (break up the big banks); End Tax Exemptions for Huge CEO Bonuses; End Predatory Lending.
