CWA, ounded in 1938, the largest telecommunications union in the world, representsover 700,000 men and women in both private and public sectors. CWA members workin telecommunications, broadcasting, cable TV, journalism, publishing, manuacturing,airlines, customer service, government service, health care, education and other felds.CWA is one o America’s astest growing unions and a number o unions have afliatedwith CWA because o its reputation or democracy and membership involvement.The union includes some 1,200 chartered local unions across the United States, Canadaand Puerto Rico. Members live in approximately 10,000 communities, making CWAone o the most geographically diverse unions. CWA is afliated with the AFL-CIO,the Canadian Labour Congress, the worldwide UNI Global Union, the InternationalFederation o Journalists (IFJ), the International Transport Workers Federation (ITWF),and the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF).To contact CWA’s communications ofce, call 202-434-1100.