Communications Workers

Workers raise the roof at Verizon shareholders’ meeting

May 4, 2012 By John Wojcik

Union members and their allies raised the roof at the corporation's annual shareholder meeting yesterday.

Communications workers endorse Obama

February 3, 2012 By Mark Gruenberg

CWA's statement praised Obama but also took hard shots at the current GOP leader, former Massachusetts Governor and Bain Capital CEO Mitt Romney.

Oregon state Public Interest Research Group fires pro-union workers

January 27, 2012 By Don McIntosh

A non-profit fundraiser for the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group and its spinoff group Environment Oregon has fired two workers who helped lead a campaign to unionize.

Flight attendants reach tentative pact with United

January 19, 2012 By Special to People’s World

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA reached a tentative contract for the original 15,000 flight attendants at Chicago-based United.

Official jobless rate stays at 9.1 percent

October 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Private businesses claimed that they added 137,000 new jobs, but 33 percent of those were Communications Workers and Electrical Workers, who returned to their posts after calling off the strike.