This week, call center workers at federal contractor Maximus, who answer Medicare and Affordable Care Act Marketplace lines, went on a two day strike demanding affordable healthcare and an end to poverty wages.
The Texas State Employees Union (TSEU)/CWA Local 6186 Executive Board passed a resolution opposing Gov. Abbott’s directive to the Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services to “conduct a prompt and thorough investigation” of families who chose gender affirming care for their children.
Maximus, under the brand name Aidvantage, directly manages student debt held by nearly 13 million borrowers and indirectly serves millions of others, many of whom struggle to make ends meet.
CWA members from Alabama and Georgia attended the 57th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March in Selma, Ala., where they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
The Union Plus Free College Benefit Team is holding two online info sessions about the new degrees offered, the enrollment process, and the eligibility to earn a degree online for free.
CWAers in New York and New Jersey participated in actions at Starbucks stores in support of the workers organizing for a union at the world’s largest coffeehouse chain.