CWA Members standing up for collective bargaining rights in Trenton, NJ on 2/25/2011
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The fight for workers’ rights continues to rage all across the United States. Saturday 70,000 turned out in Madison and tens of thousands more across the USA.
District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton and CWA President Larry Cohen (right)
Friday, I joined with thousands of CWA activists and other unionists and allies who rallied in Trenton in the rain to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin, and send a message to NJ Governor Chris Christie that his Wall Street cronies have created the financial mess and not the working families of NJ.
What began in Wisconsin and Ohio has spread like wildfire to every corner of the USA. In state after state, workers are standing up to disgraceful attempts to strip us of our fundamental collective bargaining and organizing rights.
This movement is building quickly, so on Wednesday CWA is holding another national Union Hall phone call for their members and activists throughout the country. Sign up and join here! www.CWA-Action.org
Last week, more than 5,000 participants joined the first-ever national Union Hall call. It featured local reports from CWA activists from Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, and Tennessee. They talked about the importance of bringing our fight back for collective bargaining into our workplaces.
We made it clear that this fight is happening all over the United States — and that wherever workers’ rights are being threatened, CWA members have answered the call.
In New York and North Carolina, in California and Colorado, in Iowa and Alaska and Washington State, thousands of our brothers and sisters have attended rallies in defense of our right to organize. View the list of local rallies to find one near you.
On Friday, CWA members across the country wore Wisconsin red in solidarity with all workers whose rights are being attacked by conservative lawmakers and the Big Businesses that line their pockets.
We are mobilizing across the country like I’ve never seen before. As I said on last week’s call, “This is the dawn of a new movement. This is an awakening.”
I hope you’ll join us Wednesday and continue to be part of it.
In Unity,
Larry Cohen
President
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