Communications Workers of America (CWA) is America's largest communications and media labor union for economic justice and democracy.The organization’s mission is to improve the standard of living for its current and future members; organize new workers into the union to bring the benefits of collective bargaining to the unorganized;reaffirm its commitment to universal service so that all Americans have equal access to the information highway, and educate its members to vote in their own best interests and to build community coalitions at the national and local levels to support workers' rights.Communications Workers of America represents 700,000 workers in private and public sector employment in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico in 1,200 chartered CWA local unions. In 10,000 communities across the United States, CWA members work in the telecommunications and information technology, airline industry, news media, broadcast and cable television, education, healthcare and public service, law enforcement, manufacturing, and other fields.The organization has also joined with faith groups, community organizations, civil rights groups, environmentalists, students, and others to build a wide-ranging movement for economic justice and democracy.Communications Workers of America was established in 1910 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.

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Claude Cummings Jr.

Rita Voorheis-Hite

N. Axel Hawkins

Abel Demissie

Taylor Mills

Steve Lawton

Neil Payne

Alec Dubro

Norma O.

Beth Allen

Nell Geiser

Louise Novotny

Lorena White

The Leadership Team at Communications Workers of America (CWA) oversees strategic initiatives to enhance members' standards of living, expand union membership, and advocate for universal service and workers' rights. The team, consisting of senior roles such as the Chief Steward for Colleges At Large, President, and Contractual Vice President for CSI Non-profits, guides policy decisions, collective bargaining efforts, and coalition-building activities to support both the union's members and broader economic justice movements.

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