In Sympathy
COVID-19 Funeral Assistance
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought overwhelming grief to many FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters. We are dedicated to helping ease some of the financial stress and burden caused by the virus.
Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, FEMA is providing financial assistance for COVID-19 related funeral expenses incurred on or after January 20, 2020.
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Organizing Update
- Monday - April 04, 2016
More than 100 DirecTV technicians, warehouse and administrative workers in two Maryland locations have signed up for CWA representation. English-as- a-second-language (ESL) instructors at Kaplan International in Chicago voted 14 to 3 for representation by TNG-CWA.
CWA's Website Has a New Look
- Monday - March 28, 2016
If you've visited our CWA-Union.org website this week you may have noticed a few changes.
Subsidized Gulf State Airlines Means Lost Jobs, Declining Service for U.S. Workers and Communities
- Monday - March 28, 2016
In an op-ed in Aviation Weekly, CWA President Chris Shelton asked, "What's the point of an 'Open Skies' agreement if partner countries can routinely violate the rules and put the jobs of U.S. airline workers at risk?"
22,000 Sign Petition to Modernize Lifeline Program
- Monday - March 28, 2016
CWA and four other organizations gathered more than 22,000 signatures from activists who are urging the Federal Communications Commission to update the Lifeline program to include broadband services.
Register Now: CWA Presidents’ Meeting, Legislative-Political Conference Set for June 13-14-15
- Monday - March 28, 2016
Register now for the CWA Presidents’ Meeting and the Legislative-Political Conference, scheduled for June 13-15 in Washington, D.C.
Pulling Back the Curtain on Union Busting
- Monday - March 28, 2016
This week, the Labor Department finalized the "persuader rule," which will require corporations to disclose their relationships with consultants and lawyers hired to run behind-the-scenes, anti-union campaigns.
CWAers Feeling the Bern
- Monday - March 28, 2016
The campaign by Senator Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination goes forward, after primaries and caucuses this week in Arizona, Idaho and Utah.
Democracy Update
- Monday - March 28, 2016
CWA members, and thousands of other activists from more than 200 groups, have been making plans to be in Washington, D.C., for April 16-18's Democracy Awakening.
Bargaining Update
- Monday - March 28, 2016
20 Senators Cite Verizon for Failing to Negotiate a Fair Contract; Nine Months and Counting; AT&T West Bargaining; Tentative Agreement at Spirit Airlines; Flight Attendants Picket Across the System for Fair Contract at United
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