By Brian Mahoney 10-10-2014

The Communications Workers of America, one of the country’s largest unions, may have found a replacement for its outgoing president Larry Cohen. Christopher Shelton, who is Vice President of the northeastern CWA District 1, will run for president of the union next spring.  And he appears already to have locked up enough support to win.

Previously Shelton led CWA’s largest district through a three week 45,000-worker Verizon strike in 2011. He also oversaw organizing drives at Cablevision and among Verizon retail workers.

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