Press Releases

STATEMENT FROM CWA DISTRICT 1 ON FY 2022 BUDGET DIGITAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN

The Communications Workers of America announced a new $28,000 Facebook digital advertising buy thanking Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senato

STATEMENT FROM CWA DISTRICT 1 In Response To The Recently Passed FY 2022 NYS Budget

Communications Workers of America District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor released the following statement on the 2022 New York State budget agreement

CWA Endorses Slate of Fresh Faces for Senate, Assembly

Insurgent Candidates Who Will Fight for Working Families

Workers See Continued Gains In New Four-Year Deal With Verizon

Today, Verizon workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced a tentative agreement on a four year extension of the current contract, which was set to expire in August 2019.

CWA: Working Families Will Pay for Tax Cuts for Corporations and the 1 Percent

Statement by CWA President Chris Shelton on the Republican tax plan passed today by the House of Representatives.

Voters Reject Trump Playbook

Working families were the big winners in yesterday's elections. 

Statement by CWA President Chris Shelton on the Trump Tax Plan

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“President Trump has promised that ‘we will cut taxes tremendously for the middle class.’ The truth is, this plan is a billionaire’s dream masquerading as a tax cut for middle class families."

StoryCorps Employees Vote for CWA Representation and a Union Voice

Staff members at StoryCorps have voted for union representation by Communications Workers of America Local 1180. 

CWA: Trump's Move on Dreamers is Cruel and Mean-Spirited

Statement from CWA on the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

CWA Statement on the Senate's Health Care Plan

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In some ways, the Senate Republican health care plan is even worse than the version that Hosue Republicans adopted.