CWA announced that Claude Cummings of Houston won a runoff election over Ed Mooney by a margin of 59% to 41% to be elected as the 1st Black President of the 600,000-member Communication Workers of America.
A 50-year veteran of CWA, Cummings first became active in the union in 1973. For many years, he headed the Human Right Department of CWA. In that role, Cummings won a reputation as a progressive, inclusive labor leader with a multiracial vision for moving the labor movement forward.
Claude has also been a long-standing member of CBTU and serves on the executive council as a Trustee.
Please join me in wishing a congratulations to our brother, President Cummings!
Black unionists vow to push for racial justice and democracy
CBTU President Terry Melvin, keynoting CBTU’s 2023 Convention last week, called out the danger of a 'racist, anti-democratic America' that wants to see Black and Brown people 'eradicated from stories about America’s less than perfect self.' | via Machinists Union
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NEW ORLEANS—Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) President Terry Melvin, keynoting CBTU’s 2023 Convention last week, its 52nd, called out the danger of a “racist, anti-democratic America” that wants to see Black and Brown people “eradicated from stories about America’s less than perfect self.”
2023 Adopted Resolutions
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NEA President, Becky Pringle
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AFT Secretary-Treasurer, Fedrick C. Ingram