http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/ The latest District {gv_district} news. {weblog_language} Copyright {gmt_date format="%Y"} {gmt_date format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q"} http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/where_did_all_our_pensions_go/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/where_did_all_our_pensions_go/ A new article from the AFLCIO 2012-10-09T18:05:36+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/yes_on_prop_30_no_on_prop_32/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/yes_on_prop_30_no_on_prop_32/ New Fact Sheets from UPTE on Prop 30 and 32 2012-10-02T15:39:50+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/privatization_updates_from_around_the_country/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/privatization_updates_from_around_the_country/ In the Public Interest provides weekly updates on privatization throughout the United States. If you find this useful, sign up for their email list. 2012-09-24T21:38:08+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/cwas_statement_in_support_of_chicago_teachers/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/cwas_statement_in_support_of_chicago_teachers/ “It’s time to confront elected officials who try to divide working women and men" 2012-09-11T17:03:53+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/the_history_of_labor_day/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/the_history_of_labor_day/ A history of Labor day from the Department of Labor 2012-08-31T21:36:06+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/federal_court_finds_texas_redistricting_plan_violates_voting_rights_act/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/federal_court_finds_texas_redistricting_plan_violates_voting_rights_act/ A panel of three federal judges has ruled that Texas’ redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act. 2012-08-31T14:56:24+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/crime-ridden_new_jersey_city_busts_police_union_to_save_money/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/crime-ridden_new_jersey_city_busts_police_union_to_save_money/ A New Jersey city often described as the most dangerous in the country will no longer have its own police force, as a crunched state budget has intensified an effort to reduce costs by busting the local police union. 2012-08-29T18:02:07+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/good-government_groups_call_proposition_32_deceptive/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/good-government_groups_call_proposition_32_deceptive/ Two of California's leading good-government groups joined with some of the state's most powerful labor unions Monday to denounce Proposition 32, the November ballot measure that promises to eliminate special-interest money in politics. 2012-08-28T14:40:04+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/public_workers_face_new_rash_of_layoffs_hurting_recovery/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/public_workers_face_new_rash_of_layoffs_hurting_recovery/ An article from the New York Times 2012-08-23T15:28:01+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/privatized_lottery_short_100_million_dollars_in_illinois/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/privatized_lottery_short_100_million_dollars_in_illinois/ The Illinois Lottery's private manager fell nearly $100 million short of the profits it promised to deliver the state in its first year of operation, according to a published report Tuesday. 2012-08-15T21:13:33+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/bring_call_center_jobs_back_home/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/bring_call_center_jobs_back_home/ Take action to help bring our call center jobs back 2012-08-10T15:41:00+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/profiting_from_public_dollars_alecs_privatization_agenda/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/profiting_from_public_dollars_alecs_privatization_agenda/ A new briefing on ALEC from In the Public Interest 2012-07-31T13:55:10+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/senator_harkins_proposal_to_solve_nations_retirement_crisis/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/senator_harkins_proposal_to_solve_nations_retirement_crisis/ From the Pension Rights Center 2012-07-30T16:14:06+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/water_systems_privitized_in_new_jersey/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/water_systems_privitized_in_new_jersey/ "United Water to take over operations of Bayonne's water, sewer systems in $150 million deal" 2012-07-30T14:50:49+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/secretary_solis_lets_bring_our_jobs_home/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/secretary_solis_lets_bring_our_jobs_home/ A new op ed from the Secretary of Labor: 2012-07-27T13:42:52+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/prisons_colleges_and_the_private-sector_delusion/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/prisons_colleges_and_the_private-sector_delusion/ A new article in the New Yorker: 2012-07-25T14:27:56+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/5_myths_about_public_employee_pensions/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/5_myths_about_public_employee_pensions/ From President of the IAFF Harold Schaitberger 2012-07-18T15:34:14+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/why_unions_are_not_super_pacs/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/why_unions_are_not_super_pacs/ A new article from Salon.com 2012-07-16T19:42:38+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/will_southern_governors_sacrifice_their_economies_by_seceding_from_the_medi/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/will_southern_governors_sacrifice_their_economies_by_seceding_from_the_medi/ New article from the Southern Studies Institute 2012-07-13T18:37:53+00:00 http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/fired_lifeguards_government_outsourcing_and_the_assault_on_public_purpose/ http://cwa-union.org/sites/cwapublic/index.php/news/entry/fired_lifeguards_government_outsourcing_and_the_assault_on_public_purpose/ A Florida lifeguard was fired for saving someone in the wrong section of the beach. What went wrong? What does this have to do with Privatization? 2012-07-10T19:48:04+00:00