The following goals for the international union and its sectors and districts this year were established by the CWA Executive Board.
International Goals
1. Continue to implement points 1 to 10 in Ready for the Future with specific focus on at least 10% increase in COPE contributions and 10% growth in 2008 in Retired Members' Council membership.
2. Election 2008 – build a strong CWA ground campaign in battleground states to elect a President, Governors and Senators who publicly support the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), real health care reform, retirement security and will fight for our jobs.
3. Political structure – continue to build a political structure by congressional district which includes strong one-on-one relationships with elected officials and membership education and involvement.
4. EFCA – work to get 60 in the Senate (+8), endorse only EFCA supporters, deepen commitment of presidential nominee, increase AFL-CIO efforts and financial support, deepen membership education on EFCA, and continue working with American Rights at Work (ARAW), particularly in critical states. Participate in the campaign to collect one million pledges, many with photos, in support of EFCA by committing to obtain signatures from 15% of our membership (90,000 signatures).
5. Health Care – fight for federal health care initiatives to address health care crisis, particularly retirees under 65 who do not qualify for Medicare.
6. Global – build on Global Union Federation conference and get focus on mapping collective bargaining density by country and industry, and world labor movement focus on bargaining and organizing rights.
Telecom, Sector, Division and Districts Goals
7. Airline Industry – organize Delta flight attendants 13,000.
8. Airline industry – Expand and broaden airline union coalition.
9. Verizon – obtain a new contract including recognition at Verizon Business, and maintain quality health care benefits for members and retirees and protect pensions.
10. Qwest – obtain a new contract which maintains quality health care benefits for members and retirees, protects pension, and expands union represented jobs.
11. AT&T Mobility – obtain recognition at retail stores in Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Idaho and Nebraska. Network technicians in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina and Tennessee, IT and customer service in Georgia and Iowa.
12. Speed Matters – obtain new FCC high speed category defined at 1.5 down and 1 up. Enact legislation with universal national high speed broadband built out with timetable and speeds. Pass speed matters legislation in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia, among others states.
13. T-Mobile – establish joint Ver.di CWA association to organize workers in U.S.
14. Broadcast Sector – Organize MSNBC staff employees.
15. Public Workers – Organizing and recognition in Colorado, Arizona, Mississippi and University of Tennessee.
16. Global – establish global alliance in merged Reuters/Thompson Company that includes workers in U.S., Canada, UK, and Europe.
17. Training – negotiate contract language in at least three more newspaper contracts that establishes a training program for new technologies and new jobs using CWA-NETT Academy.
18. Printing Industry – protect and expand jobs by "branding" the CWA Printing Sector Label to enable CWA locals and allied organizations that buy printing to demand and support the new CWA Printing sector union label.
19. Univision – Follow up on successful bargaining in Puerto Rico and coordinate mainland bargaining and organizing.
