Communications Workers of America

04/06/2026

04/06/2026

03/06/2026

We're winning real, enforceable protections in the face of AI.

01/06/2026

It is critical that our state lawmakers retain their authority to pass AI safeguards protecting workers, kids and families as new harms arise.

Read the op-ed from an AFA-CWA member:

While we can’t yet know how AI will reshape work in Alaska, there is a critical need for state lawmakers to retain their authority to pass AI safeguards.

01/06/2026

Happy Pride month from CWA!

30/05/2026

Earlier this month, 2,100 information technology (IT) professionals at the University of California (UC) voted overwhelmingly to join the University Professional and Technical Employees-CWA (UPTE-CWA Local 9119). This was the largest tech industry organizing campaign in U.S. history and brings the total number of IT workers in the bargaining unit to 8,400, making it the largest tech union in the country.

IT workers cited layoff protections, wage increases, and AI governance as key issues. Worker titles include application programmers, business systems analysts, data systems analysts, database administrators, information systems analysts, and instructional designers. These workers keep California’s public university running. They build and maintain the digital infrastructure behind patient care at UC’s medical centers, power the research systems scientists across the state rely on, and design the learning tools that serve hundreds of thousands of students.

“We know when you try to make quick, dirty decisions to cut labor through AI, you're actually creating a more vulnerable system,” said UPTE-CWA Local 9119 President Dan Russell. “On paper, AI can make us more 'productive' at our jobs, but the people making those recommendations to UC are management consultants who don't have the knowledge or expertise we have as workers. With the right to bargain over our working conditions, we can set the right tone not just for our workplace and tech organizations, but also for the millions of Californians who turn to UC every day for critical research, healthcare, and educational opportunities.”

The organizing campaign involved dozens of IT workers who reached out to their colleagues via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, e-mail, and social media, as well as physical outreach across departments and by knocking on doors.

Congratulations to the IT workers for organizing a highly effective campaign, engaging with one another, and winning a victory for workers across the public university system nationwide.

28/05/2026

Last week, workers at Mid-Continent Public Library (MCPL) decisively won their union election, with over 65% of union eligible workers voting yes to joining CWA Local 6360. The new bargaining unit represents nearly 700 part-time and full-time librarians, early literacy associates, information technology staff, delivery services staff, and other workers who keep the library system running.

“From everyone that was there in the beginning four years ago to those that started supporting this week, we couldn't have done it without each and every one of us,” said MCPL Workers United-CWA Local 6360 member and MCPL Green Hills Early Literacy Associate Kelli Mulligan Lindsey. “Together we can do anything, and together we can continue to make the library a place for everyone in our community.”

MCPL is one of the largest public library systems in the United States, covering three counties across the Kansas City metropolitan area and serving over 880,000 residents.

In March, workers gathered at the North Independence Branch to announce that more than 60% of union-eligible employees had signed a public declaration in support of forming a union. Library workers say the union will give them a stronger voice in decisions that shape services, staffing, safety, and access across the system.

Give them a follow here on Facebook: MCPL Workers United - CWA Local 6360