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On January 14th, Gloucester County library workers, members of CWA Local 1085, celebrated the overwhelming ratification of their first contract!

On December 15th activists working for the influential youth-led environmental group Sunrise Movement announced that they had voted overwhelmingly to join CWA Local 1180!

Local 1088, representing more than 300 workers at the Ocean County Board of Social Services (OCBSS) in Ocean County, NJ, have been fighting for stronger work-from-home rules as the COVID-19 pandemic has continued into 2021.

Even as an armed anti-democratic insurrection was unfolding at our nation's Capitol on January 6th, we had two pieces of amazing, positive news: Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won their U.S. Senate runoff elections in Georgia! With these victories for Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, working people in Georgia and across the United States have ensured that their voices will be heard on Capitol Hill in 2021 and beyond.

As COVID-19 has moved much of our lives online, the importance of access to universal, high-speed, affordable broadband has never been clearer.

On January 4th, workers at Google announced the historic launch of the Alphabet Workers Union (Alphabet is Google's parent company). The union will be open to all employees and contractors at any Alphabet company and the workers will be members of CWA Local 1400.

Ten unions and the NYS AFL-CIO representing well over 2.5 million workers in New York call on Albany to return to session now to raise $7- $9 Billion in revenue through higher taxes on the wealthy to address the state’s dire fiscal crisis.

Many people are voting at home and returning ballots by dropping them off at a secure ballot box or putting them in the mail. These ballots can take longer to process and will continue to arrive at election offices for several days after Nov. 3.

With just over two weeks to go before Election Day, we're phonebanking four days per week now:

While many voters will head to the polls in exactly two weeks on November 3rd, Early Voting and vote-by-mail have begun in many states throughout the country already, with millions of votes already cast - which means, in essence, that it’s not that Election Day is November 3rd; Election Day ends November 3rd.

Last week we made our public announcement of our endorsements for all levels of elected office on the ballot in New Jersey – from Presidential and federal legislative races down to the county and municipal levels. See the full list here.

Victory for National Domestic Violence Workers Alliance

On October 8th, CWA joined other labor unions and environmental groups to sue the federal government over its failure to provide adequate reusable respirators, N95 masks, gloves, and other personal protective equipment to essential workers.

Join us tomorrow (Wednesday October 21) at 6:00 PM to rally the troops for Amy Kennedy for Congress (NJ-2)! Dust off those red shirts and put them on in SOLIDARITY as we push Amy Kennedy to the Finish Line. ALL of us were betrayed by the turncoat Jeff Van Drew. We need to send him packing. We need Amy Kennedy in Congress representing the working families in New Jersey!

After weeks of tough negotiations and a strong membership campaign, CWA NewsGuild members at The New Yorker won just cause, no exceptions on October 5, ending a 95-year era of at-will employment at The New Yorker. This victory demonstrates that solidarity wins out and in the union there is power! Congrats to NewsGuild of New York members on this hard-fought win.

Have you made your plan to vote? Make sure you understand the changes to voting procedures and make a plan to vote before Election Day on November 3. Click here to visit our 2020 Election Hub, with info on:

The 2020 General Election is less than two months away, and getting out the vote has never been more important!

If you have lost someone close to you or from your local to COVID, please share their name at https://nationalcovidremembrance.org/actions/wall-of-remembrance/ so that we can honor their memory as part of the Remembrance on October 4.

Were you affected by 9/11? The World Trade Center Health Program, the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund (“VCF”), and other benefits programs can help.