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Nurses at Cayuga Medical Center Fight for Their Union

17 Dec, 2025

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Agreement Finalized Between CWA and Verizon on Frontier Merger for Rochester, NY Workers

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CWAers Step Up to Ensure Their Communities Won’t Go Hungry in the Wake of Government Cuts

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15 Jan, 2010

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15 Jan, 2010

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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.

Unions Push Back on Health Care Excise Tax

11 Jan, 2010

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11 Jan, 2010

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CWA Releases Summary of Studies Challenging Health Tax

CWA released yesterday summaries of 18 studies, reports and analyses challenging the tax on high-cost health plans included in the Senate's health reform bill. The reports come from medical journals, from benefits consultants who work for employers, and from health policy think tanks.

CWA Releases Summary of Studies Challenging Health Tax