Communications Workers of America

Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest communications and media labor union in the United States representing about 550,000 members in both the private and public sectors. The union has 27 locals in Canada via CWA-SCA Canada (Syndicat des communications d’Amérique) representing about 8,000 members. CWA has several affiliated subsidiary labor unions bringing total membership to over 700,000. CWA is headquartered in Washington, DC, and affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the Canadian Labour Congress, and Union Network International. The current president is Larry Cohen, a member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council.

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Campaign Finance

Information

Figures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:

  • contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
  • only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
  • contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
  • corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.

For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.

Latest FEC Data

covers through committee's May 31, 2012 filing. independent expenditures updated daily.
  • Summary

    overview of the committee's finances
    Total Raised:
    $6,403,134
    Total Spent:
    $4,894,689
    Cash on Hand:
    $4,482,209
    Debts:
    $0
  • Independent Expenditures

    money spent supporting or opposing a candidate
    Candidate Support/Oppose Total Spent
    Jane Corwin
    Oppose
    $144,500
    Kathleen Hochul
    Support
    $42,000
    Brad Schneider
    Oppose
    $14,000
  • Top Contributors

    top donors giving over $100,000

Standardized Donation Information

covers through 2011. may lag behind FEC section above, as donors and industries are identified by hand.
  • Top Recipients

    Employee Color Block
    Individuals
    PAC Color Block
    PAC
    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
  • Republicans vs. Democrats

    in dollars. "Other" includes 3rd parties and organizations without official party affiliation.
  • State vs. Federal

    in dollars
  • Top PAC Recipients

    Employee Color Block
    Individuals
    PAC Color Block
    PAC
    Includes contributions from the organization’s employees, their family members, and its political action committee.
View all campaign finance data for Communications Workers of America Sources: OpenSecrets.org FollowTheMoney.org

Lobbying

$550,000 Spent
Information

Figures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.

For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.

covers through Q3, 2011

Lobbying On Behalf of Communications Workers of America

View all lobbying data for Communications Workers of America Sources: Lobbyist Registration Tracker OpenSecrets.org

Regulations

16 Mentions; 7 Submissions
Information

All data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.

Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.

Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.

Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.

updated from Regulations.gov on September 27, 2011

The tables show occurrences of "Communications Workers of America" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.

  • Documents Submitted by the Organization
    • Submissions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 2 NLRB Proposed rule amending representation-case procedures 2011
    • Toggle 2 ETA Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States 2011
    • Toggle 2 DOT Notice of Regulatory Review of Existing DOT Regulations 2011
    • Toggle 1 CDC Implementation of World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for Enrollment, Appeals, Certification of Health Conditions, and Reimbursement 2011
    • Toggle 1 DOJ James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 2011
    • Toggle 1 FNS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Review of Major Changes in Program Design and Management Evaluation Systems 2011
    • Toggle 1 CDC Implementation of World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for the Addition of New WTC-Related Health Conditions 2011
  • Mentions in Document Text
    • Mentions
    • Agency
    • Docket
    • Date
    • Toggle 9 NLRB Proposed rule amending representation-case procedures 2011
    • Toggle 2 DOT Notice of Regulatory Review of Existing DOT Regulations 2011
    • Toggle 2 ETA Temporary Non-agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States 2011
    • Toggle 2 LMSO Guidelines for the Use of Electronic Voting Systems in Union Officer Elections 2011
    • Toggle 1 ED Investing in Innovation Fund -- Revisions to Priorities, Requirements, and Selection Criteria 2011
    • Toggle 1 FNS Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Review of Major Changes in Program Design and Management Evaluation Systems 2011
    • Toggle 1 DOJ James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 2011
    • Toggle 1 CDC Implementation of World Trade Center Health Program Requirements for the Addition of New WTC-Related Health Conditions 2011
    • Toggle 1 FSOC Authority To Designate Financial Market Utilities as Systemically Important 2011
    • Toggle 1 OCC Incentive-Based Compensation Arrangements 2011