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Communications Workers of America President
Larry Cohen:
2006 Elections are Turning Point
for Working Families
Larry Cohen: CWA International President
November 9, 2006
CWA members have
worked hard for change in the 2006 elections and we're seeing
the
tremendous results of that work. Today, we're celebrating a major
turning point and we can be proud of what we have accomplished. Now, we
have the opportunity to move forward, for all working families.
A great effort by
union members across the country has brought a more progressive
leadership and majority to the U.S. House of Representatives,
progressive change to many state and local governments and a
worker-friendly majority and leadership in the U.S. Senate. Now, we must
follow through on our key issues:
Pensions and Retirement Security.
Private and public sector employers continue to attack workers' pensions
and some use the bankruptcy process to evade their pension obligations.
The new Congress must take action on the continued threat to retirement
security for working families.
Bargaining Rights. In every other
industrial democracy in the world, working people have bargaining and
organizing rights without a major battle with their employer. It's time
for Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act that once again
promotes collective bargaining for working Americans.
Working families
should celebrate today. Together, we've helped restore the politics of
hope and a positive vision of the future. We worked together to defeat
the politics of greed and a government responsive only to big business
and big money.
As we move forward
on a real agenda for change for working families, we will hold our newly
elected officials accountable for the decisions they make — or don't
make. We'll keep organizing until the goals of working families are a
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