CWA Election Results Coverage

CWA Members Win Elections Across the Country

CWA’s Central Region At-Large Executive Board member and President of CWA Local 4319, Erika White, won her election to represent Ohio’s 41st District in the Ohio House of Representatives. She defeated Republican challenger Josiah Leinbach. In an interview with the Toledo Blade, White pledged to continue knocking on doors to meet constituents so she can be a voice for their concerns.

In New York, CWA Local 1123 President Chris Ryan holds a slim lead in the race for the New York State Senate’s 50th District. The close margin will likely trigger an automatic recount. Ryan wants to improve job opportunities, healthcare, and housing, especially in light of the new semiconductor manufacturing plant that is slated to be built with CHIPS and Science Act funds in his region.

Several CWA members in District 7 racked up wins on election night. UCW-CWA member Priya Sunderashan successfully defended her Arizona State Senate seat while UCW-CWA member Lauren Kuby, who had previously served as a councilmember and vice mayor in Tempe, joined her as a senator representing Arizona Legislative District 8. In Minnesota, AFA-CWA member Kaela Berg won re-election to the Minnesota State House.

Other CWA member wins include former Newsguild-CWA President Linda Foley, who was reelected to the Maryland House of Delegates, and CWA Local 3204 member Nikki Merritt, who protected her Georgia Senate seat.

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CWAers Decisively Win Denver Bargaining Rights on the Ballot!

CWA members, as part of a coalition of labor activists, won a major victory in Denver, Colo. this election. A ballot city charter amendment on public worker collective bargaining received overwhelming support from voters, paving the way for over 7,000 city workers, such as librarians, social workers, and sanitation workers, to secure the same negotiating rights as teachers, firefighters, and police officers in the Mile High City.

CWA District 7 members with Local 7799, Local 7777, and the Denver NewsGuild (TNG-CWA Local 37074) collected over 20,000 signatures and successfully organized the entire Denver City Council to put the matter to public vote. When the measure goes into effect, over 700 library workers can move forward with plans to form a union with CWA.

The Stronger Denver coalition was formed by CWA and included members from Teamsters, Denver Area Labor Federation, Colorado Working Families Party, Denver DSA, SEIU, AFSCME and CEA. Organizers knocked over 35,000 doors to build support with voters for the issue. Their ambitious and aggressive campaign paid off, with nearly 65 percent of voters agreeing that public workers deserve to have a union voice as of current reporting.

Learn more about the campaign here.

 
CWA members joined other union activists in an aggressive, months-long campaign for public service worker collective bargaining rights in Denver, Colo. The ballot measure received wide support, paving the way for city and county employees to join unions and begin negotiating contracts.

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Be sure to check out next week’s newsletter for news on U.S. Senate, House, and other races as they are finalized.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.