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CWA Members Build Skills to Advocate for Broadband Buildout and Good Jobs Last week, a group of CWA members participated in a multi-day "Build Broadband Better" training program to learn how to increase public support for proposals to fund broadband buildout. The group discussed how public education, lobbying, and media attention can help ensure that high speed internet connections are built where they are most needed, that corporations are held accountable for providing high quality service, and that the funds support good, union jobs in our communities. "I'm really excited to share what I have learned with other CWA members and people in my community," said CWA Local 6215 member Robin Johnson. "Telecom workers like us have real world experience. We need to be part of the discussion when legislators are creating these broadband buildout proposals. Otherwise the companies will focus on putting money into shareholders' pockets instead of investing in reliable service installed and supported by workers like us, who have the training and expertise to make sure the job is done right." — Jun 10
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CWAers in Arizona Make the Case for the PRO Act CWA Local 7050 members joined over 100 other working people in Phoenix, Ariz., for a PRO Act town hall hosted by IUPAT and the Arizona State AFL-CIO. The PRO Act will make it easier for workers to join unions and give us more power to bargain strong contracts. Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, who have not yet sponsored the PRO Act, were invited to the event to listen to workers from across all industries in Arizona share their stories about why we need to pass the bill, but did not attend. Next week, union members and supporters will be making thousands of calls to educate voters in key states about the PRO Act. CWA members, retirees, friends, and family members will be staffing the lines on Thursday, June 17. Learn more and sign up for a shift at www.mobilize.us/wfpower/event/393348, and don't forget to wear your CWA red! CWA Local 7050 members Jeremiah Davis, Angel Wells, and Rasean Clayton attended a PRO Act town hall in Phoenix, Ariz., but Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly did not. — Jun 10
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Join CWA's Juneteenth Celebration: Educate! Organize! Liberate! Join us on Saturday, June 19, for a virtual event to celebrate Juneteenth. This year's event will highlight Juneteenth's significance for the labor movement and the ongoing work CWAers have been engaged in over the past year to build an anti-racist union. We will be joined by CWA activists, artists, and special guests. This event will also center the need to protect our voting rights and reform our democracy by passing the For the People Act. Tune in at: www.facebook.com/events/1095300170956162/. — Jun 10
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Building Support for the PRO Act One Call at a Time President Joe Biden has made the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act a key part of his agenda. He knows that making it easier for workers to join unions and giving us more power to bargain strong contracts will help restore the middle class. It's up to us to make sure that working people across the country know about the PRO Act and contact their Senators to demand that they support the bill. During the week of June 14, union members and supporters will be making thousands of calls to educate voters in key states about the bill. CWA members, retirees, friends, and family members will be staffing the lines on Thursday, June 17. Learn more and sign up for a shift at https://www.mobilize.us/wfpower/event/393348, and don't forget to wear your CWA red! IUE-CWA members contacted their Senators this week to build support for the PRO Act. — Jun 3
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Bargaining Update Alaska Airlines Members of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA at Alaska Airlines have secured a one-year contract extension with pay raises and caps on healthcare costs. The extension, which provides a full-scale increase of 1.5% to step rates of pay, will allow Flight Attendants to resume bargaining later, when the airline has fully recovered from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. — Jun 3