More than 2,500 CWA members will converge upon the nation’s capitol June 22-25 for the 71st CWA Convention and Legislative-Political Conference. This year’s event will in some ways be a “perfect storm” – it takes place as two of our signature issues, the Employee Free Choice Act and quality, affordable health care take center stage in Congress.

“This is an historic time, the best opportunity the union movement has had in decades to restore workers’ bargaining rights and gain real health care reform,” said CWA Executive Vice President Annie Hall. “CWA has been a leader in the fight to help rebuild the middle class and our economy and our convention/legislative-political conference in Washington, D.C. is taking place at exactly the right moment.”

 CWA members will hear in person from Vice President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. And they’ll participate in two days of rallies and lobbying on the Hill. On Wednesday, June 24, CWA members will walk the halls of Congress, meeting with members and staff and demanding passage of the Employee Free Choice Act. The following day, we will rally and lobby to demand quality, affordable health insurance – and reform that includes the option of a public health insurance plan without taxing workers’ existing health care benefits. This rally is being sponsored by Health Care for America Now, the largest single-issue coalition built in modern U.S. history – a coalition that includes CWA and other leading labor groups.