Plan to Kill Union Sectors Prompts Concerns Over Future of CWA

A contentious series of proposals to dissolve parts of the Communications Workers of America is revealing internal tensions over how the union should face budgetary and growth concerns.

The plans would eliminate three of the union’s seven semi-autonomous industrial sectors. Sector membership and resources would be folded into the union’s geographic regions.

Union leadership says the adjustments are necessary to avoid duplication of work being done at the district level. Critics say the facts are being misconstrued and the changes could erode the union’s culture.

“At every CWA convention, Delegates consider amendments to the CWA Constitution to ensure that the ...