CWAers Join Sanders and Mamdani for Launch of Union NOW!

Last week, members of CWA and other labor allies joined Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at a rally in New York to commemorate the launch of Union NOW! The non-profit organization has a mission to directly support workers who are organizing or striking in the fight for fair contracts.

AFA-CWA International President Sara Nelson emceed the event and highlighted Delta Airlines workers’ efforts to form their union and bargain a first contract. She was joined by speakers from several labor unions, including President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten, SEIU Local 32BJ Executive Board Member Ardist Brown, Amazon Labor Union President Connor Spence, and Writers Guild of America East Vice President Sara David-Hess.

Video game worker Brett Wilcox (WoWGG-CWA), Wells Fargo bank teller Dominick Arena (WFWU-CWA), New York Times Tech Guild steward Talha Rahman, and Brittany Norris, a Delta AFA-CWA member, shared their experiences forming their unions.

“We will never get the things we really need unless the working class has more unions,” said Nelson. “Ever since Ronald Reagan fired air traffic controllers in 1981, unions have been in decline, removing the one check we all have on corporate greed. They’ve stolen our money and they’ve stolen our time.”

Mayor Mamdani opened his remarks stating, “There is no New York City without unions. Across the world, when people think of our city, they think of greatness. And when they think of that greatness, whether they know it or not, they are thinking of the power of organized labor.”

Union NOW! will work with unions to ensure workers have the means to win organizing campaigns and to push back against big money interests engaging in union-busting, worker intimidation, and retaliation.

Click here to watch the entire event.

 
CWA Director of Organizing Tim Dubnau (left) joined AFA-CWA and other CWA members at the Union NOW! kickoff rally in New York City last week.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.