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Major Victory in Our Fight for Safe Staffing

In Tuesday, May 4th, the New York State Assembly and Senate voted to pass two bills that will establish a process for setting and enforcing safe staffing minimum standards at hospitals and nursing homes.

Big Step in the Fight to Protect NY Heroes

New Yorkers scored a huge victory on April 19th as the New York State Assembly voted to pass the NY HERO Act!

Camden, NJ CWAers Celebrate Huge Win

Members of CWA Local 1014 in Camden, NJ, celebrated a victory after defeating a plan that put dozens of jobs at risk.

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation ACT

Public safety workers protect us and are there for our communities when we need them most. These hard working and dedicated men and women deserve to have their voices heard on the job. Unfortunately, only 25 states fully protect the right of state and local public safety officers to collectively bargain. This oversight in this country?s fundamental collective bargaining laws can be addressed through Congressional passage of The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act (HR 413/S. 1611).

High Speed Broadband and Net Neutrality

The build-out of affordable high speed Internet to every American household, business, and community, along with programs to ensure that every American has the skills needed to participate fully in our digital society, remain critical tasks for our nation.

District One Wins COPE Awards, AGAIN!

District 1 swept the COPE Awards at Convention this year. Click to see how we did. Also, join COPE now and be entered to win a trip to Las Vegas!

Ending the Dysfunction of the US Senate

A minority of US Senators are using procedural tactics to stop progress that is overwhelmingly supported by the American people and desperately needed to get America back to work.

CWA Bargains New Agreement on Verizon Surplus

View the details of the agreement reached between CWA, IBEW and Verizon Management earlier this year

House Votes to Ban Verizon Tax Loophole

Thanks to CWA's successful Verizon Strategic Industry Fund campaign, the House of Representatives voted to close the Reverse Morris Trust tax loophole that has allowed Verizon and other companies to spin off parts of their operations tax-free.

Positive Changes in New Health Care Law

The changes to health care passed by Congress will have positive effects on all Americans. Read on to find out how you will benefit from the new law.

Unions Push Back on Health Care Excise Tax

CWA leadership, locals and our members have led the opposition to the excise tax. From the start, CWA leaders made it clear that a tax on workers' health care was the wrong way to finance health care reform. We fought against this plan in the Senate and supported our friends in the House of Representatives who outlined better ways to finance health care reform. We supported Connecticut House Representative Joe Courtney in obtaining 190 signatures on a letter opposing the excise tax.