CWA Public Workers

10/17/2022

BIG NEWS: Public service workers have a chance to count past payments that previously didn't qualify toward complete student loan forgiveness, but only if you apply by October 31: https://go.usa.gov/xz5yd

Are you a CWA public sector member & paying off student loans? Did you know you may receive credit for past payments that previously didn’t qualify for loan forgiveness?

Now’s the time to take advantage of the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) waiver before it ends on Oct. 31, 2022! Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xz5yd

08/31/2022

“The combination of the lethality of the virus and the seemingly total abandonment of collaboration from the management I was under produced anxiety and fear in me I had never felt, never."
Public health workers deserve better-- together, we can win!

The pandemic and staffing crisis have left healthcare workers with invisible wounds.

08/30/2022

For all you labor history buffs out there, this is a MUST see. Be sure to check out the entries for United Campus Workers Virginia, too! https://thecommonwealthinstitute.org/research/history-of-labor-in-virginia-an-interactive-timeline-and-map/

Virginia has a strong history of labor organizing by working people as well as a history of significant suppression by those in power.

08/29/2022

Putting together your weekend plans? Don't miss an opportunity to make your celebrations ! Check out this map of events to see what's happening in your area:

This Labor Day we honor and celebrate the contributions of America’s working people, and this past year our contributions could not have been greater.

08/26/2022

Every August 26th, we celebrate to commemorate the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Today we also honor the generations of women public workers who have fought, and continue to fight, for equality in the workplace.

08/25/2022

Bosses: We really value every member of the team here!
[Narrator]: They did not.
Respecting public workers means paying a fair, living wage. Nothing less!

08/24/2022

Are you a CWA public sector member & paying off student loans? Did you know you may receive credit for past payments that previously didn’t qualify for loan forgiveness?

Now’s the time to take advantage of the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) waiver before it ends on Oct. 31, 2022! Learn more: https://go.usa.gov/xz5yd

08/23/2022

While bosses clown around with pizza parties and empty promises, public workers are organizing to win the workplaces we deserve!

08/22/2022

“We can have really, really strong job growth this month, but it doesn’t feel like a robust and broadly shared recovery." As labor continues to recover from the impacts of , we must ensure ALL workers have fair, equal access to opportunities.

Black workers saw a rise in unemployment last month even as the headline number declined.

08/19/2022

Update: Communications Workers of America members in Tennessee are mobilizing w/ other unions and community orgs to defeat the so-called “right to work” constitutional amendment in the upcoming election. Learn more here:

On the November ballot, voters will see the push for changes in the Tennessee constitution. There's a push asking voters to

08/18/2022

Last week, Communications Workers of America members from across the country gathered in Phoenix, Ariz., for the 2022 CWA Human Rights Conference. The four-day conference, themed “Where There is Injustice, You Will Find Us!”, focused on CWA’s efforts to fight against racism, sexism, religious intolerance, nationalism, and other biases that have systematically held communities back.

08/17/2022

It's that time of year again... 🎒 Sending a special shout out to all the students and educators gearing up for another school year— we wish you a successful start!

08/16/2022

ICYMI: CWA1081 members at the Essex County Division of Family Assistance and Benefits in New Jersey have been fighting against the newly added social worker trainee title, which threatens the value of public service by circumventing the merit based process that guarantees equity and fairness in hiring decisions. The workers, supported by other CWA members including members of CWA Local 1037, have been holding demonstrations, gathering petition signatures, and building solidarity with community members to protect their jobs.

“CWA 1037 showed up to support CWA 1081 members at the Essex County Division of Family Assistance and Benefits to protest the social/family worker trainee title which circumvents the civil service regulations put in place to ensure equity. Hands off our jobs!”

08/16/2022

"The adjunct system is morally problematic because it generates negative long-term consequences for our society. It is shortsighted, ill-conceived, and unsustainable. But there are even deeper, more human concerns." https://blog.apaonline.org/2022/04/13/the-cruelty-of-the-adjunct-system/

This essay will be published in the forthcoming book Academic Ethics Today: Problems, Policies, and Prospects for University Life, ed. Steven M. Cahn (Rowman & Littlefield, 2022). Thi…

08/15/2022

Last Sunday, the passed through senate, bringing much-needed changes that will benefit workers and their families across the country.

Read Communications Workers of America's full statement here:

With today’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, Senate Democrats have taken action that will improve working people’s lives by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and healthcare and investing in good, green jobs.

08/12/2022

📊 The numbers are in-- During the pandemic union workers:
✅ Maintained their pay, even during business closures
✅ Kept their jobs
✅ Continued to earn higher wages than their non-union counterparts

That's the difference!

Read more here:
https://www.epi.org/blog/unions-helped-keep-workers-in-jobs-and-paid-during-the-pandemic/

In a new EPI technical paper, I review data on how union workers fared relative to their nonunion counterparts during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The nationally representative data allow me to draw several important conclusions about what unions have been able to do for the workers...

08/11/2022

Every public worker deserves a because every public worker deserves to be treated with respect and dignity in the workplace, PERIOD. Oregon AFL-CIO

08/10/2022

Public workers united will never be defeated (especially by empty promises of pizza parties from the boss when our workplace conditions are on the line)!