This is the moment that working people have been waiting for. With the new pro-worker administration, and with public support for labor unions at the highest it’s has been in decades, CWA members are ready to raise their voices, flood congressional offices with phone calls, and do every single thing within our power to make the the PRO Act<\/span><\/em> \u2013 a sweeping labor law reform bill that would usher in a new era for workers \u2013 the law of the land. <\/span><\/p>\n The pandemic has illustrated how dangerously weak our nation’s labor laws are, especially when workers decide to form a union, thanks to years of shameless corporate attacks on workers’ rights. We are prepared for these professional union-busters to spread misinformation and use every dirty trick they possibly can against us in this fight. But CWA members are fired up because we all know exactly why these corporate special interests have to resort to these dirty tricks \u2013 it’s because they see the writing on the wall. When millions of workers stand together, these union-busters will be exposed and defeated, and the voices of the workers will finally be heard. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n Over the weekend, IUE-CWA\nmembers and community allies held rallies at Walmart stores across the country\nto call on the corporation to act immediately to prevent workers from losing 80\nfactory jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n LED light bulbs that are sold\nby Walmart are currently made by IUE-CWA workers at the GE-Savant Systems LLC\nlighting plant in Bucyrus, Ohio. However, the Walmart supplier has announced\nits intention to move its LED residential light bulb product line out of the\nfacility to China, permanently laying off 80 workers, and putting the future of\nthe plant, one of the last-standing residential lighting plants left in the\nUSA, in jeopardy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n IUE-CWA International\nPresident Carl Kennebrew called on Walmart to tell the supplier to cancel its\nplans to outsource the 80 jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “This should be easy for\nWalmart,” said President Kennebrew. “Walmart’s brand of LED Bulbs\nthat now carry an ‘Assembled in the USA’ label are scheduled to be moved to\nChina. Walmart can tell their supplier (GE-Savant) to cancel plans to ship them\noverseas. If Walmart is serious about supporting American manufacturing, this\nis how they can show it.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n Workers have launched an online petition<\/a> in support of the campaign to save these factory jobs and additional actions are planned at Walmart stores on Saturday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Confirmation hearings for\nPresident Biden’s pick for Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, have begun, and we\nneed your help to push him over the line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Walsh could be the first\nunion member to become Secretary of Labor in nearly half a century. He knows\nour issues, and we know he’ll fight for us. So let’s get him confirmed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please call your\nSenators today: 1-877-782-8274<\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n (If you’ve already joined the\nhundreds of CWAers who’ve made their calls, great! Feel free to call again and\nthank you for taking action.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n AT&T Mobility IHX<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n This week, Region 7 of the\nNLRB issued a decision in CWA’s favor, slapping down an attempt by AT&T to\nuse a stall tactic to delay an election for a group of AT&T Mobility IHX\nworkers at a facility in Southfield, Mich. AT&T had waged a court battle\nover the scope of the bargaining unit. However, according to this decision, the\npetitioned-for unit of AT&T Mobility IHX employees may now proceed to an\nelection. While the employees’ fight is not yet over, this decision is a major\nstep forward for them and for CWA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bookshop Santa Cruz<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Workers at Bookshop Santa Cruz voted in an NLRB election to join CWA Local 9423. The unit of 31 employees overcame resistance to organizing efforts from management by taking part in job actions that included rallies, social media, engaging with community allies, and talking one-on-one to coworkers. Welcome to CWA! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act Will Usher In A New Era for Workers A statement from CWA President Chris Shelton on the reintroduction of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, historic, bipartisan legislation to … Continue reading
\n\n\n\nIUE-CWA Members and Community Allies Call for Walmart to Tell Supplier to Cancel Plans to Ship LED Bulb Manufacturing to China<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nTell the Senate to Confirm our Union Brother Marty Walsh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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