CWA flourishes today because they moved off into other arenas, print, TV, movies, and branched out into other countries, Canada, Central, South America.. Unrelated to what was your one little corner...
I attended a conference in Vegas, maybe 1998, our delegation shared one little table with another group, the majority of delegates were from other companies, and other countries.. great to see how many truly dedicated Reps, Local Officers were there...
CWA is one of America’s fastest growing unions and a number of unions have affiliated with CWA because of its reputation for democracy and membership involvement.
The Association of Flight Attendants merged with CWA in 2003, adding its professionalism and expertise on airline industry issues (CWA has represented airline passenger service employees since 1999).
The International Union of Electronic Workers merged with CWA in 2000, becoming the IUE-CWA Industrial Division.
The Newspaper Guild merged with CWA in 1997, as did the Independent Association of Publishers’ Employees.
The National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET) merged with CWA in 1994.
The International Typographical Union, America’s oldest labor union, merged with CWA in 1987.
CWA is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the Canadian Labour Congress, the worldwide UNI Global Union, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the International Transport Workers Federation (ITWF), and the International Metalworkers’ Federation IMF).
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