CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. Connects With CWA Members

Earlier this week, CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. witnessed the critical role AFA-CWA Flight Attendants play as aviation’s first responders. As his United Airlines flight to CWA’s District 7 meeting was about to take off, a passenger became ill. The Flight Attendants located medical assistance, and supported the passenger and her traveling companion as the plane returned to the gate. “You hear about these kinds of situations on flights; it is something else to experience it. They did an excellent job!” said President Cummings.

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While attending a family event in Selma, Ala., President Cummings stopped by an Alliance Mobile AT&T Authorized Retail store to meet with CWA members. Workers at the store organized to join last year, becoming the first AT&T-authorized retail location to form a union.

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Earlier this week, while in Vancouver, Wash., for the CWA District 7 meeting, President Cummings and CWA District 7 Vice President Susie McAllister met with CWA Local 7812 members who work at Lumen. They heard firsthand about the challenges the workers are facing on the job. “I work for our members; our members don’t work for me,” said President Cummings. “These worksite visits are important to me because I get to learn more about members’ priorities and work with the District and Sector leadership to address any issues.”

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During the CWA District 7 meeting, President Cummings met with some of CWA’s newest members from Activision Quality Assurance Minnesota. The workers are members of CWA Local 7250 and were part of the first group to organize at Activision under CWA’s groundbreaking neutrality agreement with Microsoft.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.