CWAers Strategize to Thwart Trump’s Attacks on Workers

Hundreds of CWA members and retirees joined a virtual town hall meeting earlier this week to hear from CWA leaders and allies about strategies for protecting our jobs, our ability to organize and bargain fair contracts, and our health and safety. Donald Trump, along with Elon Musk and other CEOs and billionaires who funded his election, have wasted no time implementing Project 2025, endangering our jobs and families in order to boost their profits.

Opening the meeting, Isabella Newell, a member of UPTE-CWA Local 9119, shared details of how her research into childhood obesity has been threatened by the government funding freeze.

CWA President Claude Cummings Jr. outlined the strategies currently underway. “CWA is focused on the attacks on our members and our union freedoms,” said Cummings. “We will lead on these fights—in the courts, the halls of Congress, and through direct action.” He went on to say, “We must not stop. Hope and a vision for a better future for our families, our loved ones, and our communities is the fuel that powers our movement.”

Representatives from allied organizations, including Leah Greenberg from Indivisible, Rahna Epting from Move On, and Maurice Mitchell from the Working Families Party, encouraged participants to get involved with local efforts to push back against Trump and Musk’s attacks and elect representatives who will work for us, not the billionaires who want to take even more control over our lives. CWA’s National Political Field Director Curtis Hierro fired up the audience with concrete actions members and retirees can take, including visiting local Congressional offices to oppose attempts to tax union workers’ health care benefits to pay for corporate tax giveaways.

The town hall concluded with a question-and-answer session. Members responded enthusiastically to the virtual meeting and requested future updates on progress and ways to join the fight for worker rights.

Click here to watch the town hall. You can also review CWA’s volunteer activist toolkit at cwa.org/toolkit.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.