(SOTU) CWA: An Economy and Democracy that Works for All Must Be Our Goal

http://www.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_an_economy_and_democracy_that_works_for_all_must_be_our_goal#.URuHq_LleSo

Feb 12, 2013

Washington, D.C. – In response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, the Communications Workers of America issued the following statement:

The Communications Workers of America commends President Obama for his proposals that will help ensure that working and middle class Americans benefit as our economy slowly improves. Good jobs are only way that can happen.

We must bring quality jobs back to the U.S. by eliminating tax benefits for companies that send U.S. jobs overseas. CWA strongly supports legislation that would end taxpayer subsidies for corporations that move call center jobs offshore, among other measures. There must be tough public policy that encourages corporations -- especially those that focus on the U.S. market -- to keep good jobs here.

And as the President moves forward on a trade agreement with the European Union, we will work to make sure that the bargaining and organizing rights essential in European nations such as Germany are reciprocal in the US. We will work with global labor to that end, as we will do with the Trans Pacific Partnership.

CWA supports the President’s plan to create a real path to citizenship for 11 million workers and their children. It’s to the benefit of American workers and the U.S. economy to bring these immigrants out of the shadow, with the full rights and responsibilities of citizenship.

But real immigration reform is just one of several key democracy initiatives that must be addressed by our nation.

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