Worker Power Update

CWA Members’ Activism Leads to NLRB Budget Increase

Thanks to the thousands of CWA activists who have been mobilizing for the last few months with other union members and pro-worker advocates to demand Congress take action to fully fund the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the newly released government funding bill includes a long overdue increase for the NLRB of $25 million for the first time in nearly a decade. This bump in funding will have a direct and immediate impact on the Board’s ability to execute its mission of protecting workers’ rights and ensuring workers are able to join together to improve their working conditions by forming unions.

However, the NLRB still needs full funding to fulfill its duties and to meet the demands of this moment when workers are organizing to join unions and win strong contracts at a record pace. The NLRB plays a crucial role in leveling the playing field and giving workers a fair chance to stand up to their corporate bosses who use their record profits to weaken workers’ rights. CWA members must continue to mobilize with the rest of the labor movement, the progressive community, and workers everywhere to advocate for the full funding of the NLRB and the passage of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act to tear down the barriers that make it harder for workers to have a union and a voice on the job.