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CWAers fight to build power for union members, CWAers build support for bills to protect U.S. jobs, and more!

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CWA District 9 union leaders stand together in solidarity with the workers of MAXIMUS call centers in this fight for better working conditions.

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The weekly newsletter is out! CWA members at AT&T Southeast ratified their new contract covering 20,000 workers, A billionaire CEO has a plan to destroy AT&T, AFA-CWA fights for the implementation of safety standards for flight attendants and passenger service agents, and more!

Let's support their fight for Good Union Jobs, Respect and a Safer Airport on October 2nd as we join with other unions and allies to hold big airlines accountable.

See LA Fed's Youtube video - Hundreds Turn Out in Support of CWA for #FrontierFight. Also - Congratulations to 83,000 Healthcare Kaiser Workers, Stand with UAW on the Picket Line and more Labor Event information.

CWA D9 and CWA D1 members joined over 4 million Climate Strikers across the globe demanding the necessary systemic changes needed to begin to address the current and growing climate catastrophe.

Hundreds rallied for our CWA union family as we continue our fight to stop outsourcing and demand Frontier Communications upholds our contract.

Nurses are fighting back against their employer's regressive demands and are calling for a strike authorization vote.

Frontier has broken too many promises and we've had enough!! Union Brothers and Sisters join together in Solidarity for Fairness for workers at Frontier Communications!

This edition features: UPTE-CWA Bargaining and Mobilization Update, California CWA Members Beat Back Telecom Deregulation Bill, Corporate Raider Targets AT&T Workers, Dyncorp Organizing Update, CWAers Building Worker Power in Kentucky, Poor People's Campaign Gets Boost from CWA Activists and Remembering Morty Bahr.

Happening: Off-Season Elections Critical to Working People, Protect Workers Against Heat Stress & Labor Champion Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR-04).

Federally contracted customer service professionals at MAXIMUS are organizing with CWA to form a union. CWA stands in Solidarity with MAXIMUS customer service workers!

This edition features: Organizing Update, CWAers Build Global Solidarity to Lift Working Conditions for Everyone, T-Mobile Workers Share Concerns Over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger with Deutsche Telekom CEO, AFA-CWA President Sara Nelson Featured on CBS, Call Your Senator Today: It's Time to Overturn Citizens United, CWAers Successfully Defeat Two Anti-Worker Ballot Initiatives in Phoenix, Save the Date for the CWA Customer Service Week of Action

Update on AB 5, the bill to codify the Dynamex decision and curb worker misclassification and details on new polling that shows union favorability is at near a 50-year high. The future is #UnionStrong!

CWA reaches new collective bargaining agreement with AT&T Southeast for more than 20,000 employees in nine states, ending historic 4-day strike. CWA call center worker delegation meets with Filipino counterparts in Manila. CWA urges Federal Communications Commission to broaden funding base of Universal Service Fund. And an engineer’s critique of the Department of Justice’s T-Mobile-Sprint-DISH settlement.

Worksafe recently traveled to Sacramento to support SB 574 (Leyva), the Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act of 2019. This bill would require companies selling personal care or beauty products in California to report any fragrance or flavor ingredients that are known to harm to human health and the environment.

Striking CWA Members Push AT&T Southeast to Reach Deal, CWA Members Get Boost on Picket Line from Gerry Horgan’s Daughter, Bargaining and Mobilization Update, CWAers Mourn the Loss of Piedmont Agent Kendrick Darrell Hudson, CWAers Make Thousands of Calls to Fight for Jobs on National Day of Action, Presidential Candidates Support MAXIMUS Workers’ Fight to Form A Union, 2020 Union Plus Scholarships Available for CWA Families.

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