CWA Public, Healthcare & Education Workers

FIGHTING FOR THE COMMON GOOD

CWA PHEW (Public, Healthcare & Education Workers) represents more than 140,000 public, health care and education workers in states from coast to coast, ranging from blue collar to white collar workers, from social workers, educators, and health care providers to computer programmers, heavy equipment operators & corrections and police officers.

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UCW members lobbying in the Georgia Legislature

Campus Workers local 3265 in GA Build Political Power

Members of United Campus Workers local 3265 are building political power in an unlikely place: Georgia.

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Allen County Children Services Board & CWA Local 4319 Settled a 3 Year Contract

Through constructive negotiations and the commitment of the Bargaining Team, a solid and fair contract was ratified by the membership of ACCSB.

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Local 4730 Merges into 4818 & Grows Worker Power in Indiana

This past summer, Locals 4818 and 4730 underwent a historic merger!

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Florida Legislators Devise New Union Busting Schemes

Some leaders in the Florida Legislature have cooked up a new scheme to attack unions of teachers, state and municipal workers, public safety employees and other public servants.

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Pennies for Evelyn: Local 1168 Creatively Organizes to Defend Shopfloor Leader, and Wins

An issue doesn’t need to violate contract language to spark a winning fight, as this story from my union demonstrates.

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Local 6360 Organizes Missouri 9-1-1 Dispatchers

CWA Local 6360 in Kansas City, Missouri organized the 911 dispatchers at the City of Blue Springs Missouri. A contract has been negotiated and has been ratified by the bargaining unit

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CWA President Chris Shelton Calls for All Hands on Deck to Pass PRO Act to Build Union Member Power

CWA President Shelton urged CWA members to keep pressure on their Members of Congress to support the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act.

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CWA Leaders Attend 2019 Minority Leadership Institute

The MLI program was established 30 years ago as CWA's internal training program designed to promote the involvement of members of color, women, LGBTQ, and other underrepresented members within CWA at every level of our union.