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CWA MEMBERS IN NEW JERSEY TURN OUT TO HELP RE-ELECT MAYOR RAS BARAKA

Team CWA was out in force this weekend in Newark to knock on doors and talk to voters about re-electing Mayor Ras Baraka!

Starbucks Workers Unionize Throughout The Country; Hopewell, Nj Is Latest Store To Vote For A Union

Starbucks workers throughout the country have been absolutely on fire over the past several months, voting to unionize in droves, kicked off by a massive win at several stores in Buffalo, NY

Bargaining Update: Local 1080, Union County Division of Social Services

CWA Local 1080 workers at the Union County Division of Social Services in New Jersey have been fighting for a fair contract and demanding fair raises, to reduce the high cost of health

Bargaining Update - Frontier Communications

After voting to authorize a strike if necessary late last year and working without contracts, CWA members at Frontier Communications have ramped up their mobilization efforts to fight for new agreements by January 15th or Frontier will face a strike.

Local 1104-GSEU Members Win In Fight to End Grad Worker Fees

On January 3rd SUNY-Binghamton announced that as of Spring 2022, all full-time, fully tuition-supported PhD student workers at SUNY-Binghamton will no longer be required to pay broad-based fees.

CWAers Close Out 2021 With Big Legislative Victory in NY

CWA Legislative and Political Action Team members held over 160 meetings throughout the New York legislative session in 2021, devoting many long hours to meeting with elected officials to discuss and advocate for bills that will strengthen our union rights, make our jobs safer and more secure, and lift up New York’s working people. 

District 1 Locals Mark One Year Since January 6th With Events in New Jersey and New York

CWA National President Chris Shelton released the following statement on January 6th, 2022:

Organizing Update - Google/BDS Connected Solutions

On January 4th, a supermajority of customer service workers at BDS Connected Solutions signed union cards to join the Alphabet Workers Union (AWU-CWA Local 1400) and filed with the National Labor Relations Board for a representation election. Most of the workers are already dues-paying members of AWU-CWA.

Organizing Victories - Welcome New CWA Members!

AT&T In Home Experts

A majority of AT&T In Home Expert (IHX) workers in New York State voted to join CWA. They are building power with hundreds of thousands of workers at AT&T and other telecom companies to bargain good jobs and strong contracts. IHX workers across the country have been organizing to have a voice on the job, including in Arkansas, Detroit/Southfield Michigan, Illinois, and New Jersey.

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Contract Victory for New Jersey Childcare Workers

On December 6th in-home child care providers, members of CWA Local 1037, ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the State of New Jersey, increasing their wages by as much as 64 percent. This big win for workers in the notoriously low-wage child care industry is due in no small part to the solidarity of the 1037 members who fought together, as well as their partnership with New Jersey Communities United (NJCU), a grassroots community organization that works to build power for low-income, working-class communities and communities of color in New Jersey. 

Op-Ed: Government Must Hold the Reins on Broadband Expansion

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, it’s become starkly clear that affordable, high quality broadband service is a vital utility for all Americans as much as heat or electricity, so our members are fighting to ensure that our Federal and State governments listen to their constituents and stand with us to bring broadband those who need broadband get it, and regulate how investments are used to build out improvements where they’re needed.