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CWAers Throughout New Jersey Say: It’s Time to Put a STOP to Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs!

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CWA Local 1031 President, Kathy Hernandez, along with Billy Ghallager VP of D1 and other CWA 1031 officers & members at the healthcare rally

On June 4 thousands of CWA members working in State and Local Government public sector positions braved the soaring heat to turn out for a massive rally at the New Jersey State House Annex in Trenton to deliver a message to state lawmakers: we need action NOW to stop and contain healthcare costs for New Jersey’s public sector workforce!

Since 2022, healthcare premiums for State workers have increased by 40% while local government workers have seen a 59% compounded increase. At the bargaining table, CWA has worked to protect members from the full impact of these increases, but we need legislative action to contain costs for State workers, gain parity for Local Government workers, and make New Jersey more affordable for all.

CWA members were joined by a coalition of other unions including the New Jersey State AFL-CIO, AFSCME NJ, AAUP-AFT, AFT New Jersey, The Council of New Jersey State Colleges, URA-AFT, HPAE, IFPTE, as well as NJ State Assemblymembers Cody Miller and Verlina Reynolds-Jackson at the rally, filling the Annex square and speaking about the growing crisis of affordability for working families in New Jersey

“I have something to say to this state and to this country,” said Billy Gallagher, CWA District 1 Assistant to the Vice President, addressing the massive crowd. “Anyone who thinks unions are going away, take a picture of today, ‘cause we’re not going away! We’re fighting for our rights, and we’re gonna keep fighting!”

Photo of CWA workers rallying in Trenton, NJ

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CWA District 1 – Emergency Meeting, Wed. April 2, 7pm

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Activist Alert

 Join us for an emergency town hall this Wednesday, April 2nd at 7 pm to discuss the latest unprecedented attack on working people.

We don’t take this warning lightly, but unions are under attack like never before. After busting the TSA union earlier this month, this administration unilaterally and illegally ripped up the collective bargaining agreements of almost 1 million Federal Workers last week. This means that over a million union workers woke up to the news that they no longer have a union contract and no longer have dues deduction. This is an unprecedented attack on all workers.

We expect this is just the beginning. Corporate America and anti-union elected officials will likely now test the limits and attempt to go further by weakening collective bargaining and organizing rights for all of us.

But we can fight back, and we can win.

Please join us for an emergency Town Hall Call this Wednesday, April 2nd at 7 pm EST.

On the call, we will talk about what we can do right now to fight back, and we’ll be joined by a member of the Federal Union Network (FUN) who will discuss the next steps. Get out your walking shoes, it’s time to hit the streets in record numbers.

CWA members know: An Injury To One Is An Injury to All. When they come after our Federal workers and their unions, they come after us too.

Please register here to join this important call.

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CWA Statement on Executive Order Silencing Union Workers

Last night, President Trump issued yet another illegal executive order targeted at workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain contracts. This time, he is trying to prevent workers at over 30 federal agencies from exercising their fundamental right to join together to improve their working conditions.

That’s bad enough. But the executive order makes it clear that Donald Trump wants to go even further. He says he has specifically targeted these workers and their unions because they have filed grievances against him and members of his administration over illegal layoffs and other actions they have taken to violate union contracts and federal law.

CWA is a fighting union. When our employers violate our collective bargaining agreements, when they refuse to bargain fair contracts, when they stand in the way of workers’ organizing to join our union, we use every tool we have to protect our rights. That is exactly what the federal workers are doing, and Donald Trump is attempting to punish them for it.

We won’t back down. We won’t be silenced. Our solidarity is stronger than Donald Trump and the CEOs and billionaires who helped elect him. We will rally, we will march, and, if necessary, we will strike to ensure that every worker is able to join a union and collectively bargain to ensure a better future for themself and their family.