There are more than 1,200 chartered CWA Locals throughout the US and Canada representing members who live in over 10,000 communities. CWA holds over 1,000 contracts that spell out wages, benefits and working conditions for its members.
CWA members are employed in telecommunications, printing and news media, public service, health care, cable television, general manufacturing, electronics, gas and electric utilities.
The Convention is the highest governing authority of the Union. CWA members elect the delegates to the Convention and those delegates elect Executive Board members every three years.
Executive Board
The Executive Board consists of a President, Secretary-Treasurer, and sixteen Vice Presidents. The current officers are:
Claude Cummings, Jr., CWA President
Ameenah Salaam, CWA Secretary-Treasurer
District Vice-Presidents
The Vice-Presidents are elected from CWA’s geographical districts. Current Vice Presidents are:
District 1 Dennis Trainor, New York, NY
District 2/13 Ed Mooney, Philadelphia, PA
District 3 Richard Honeycutt, Atlanta, GA
District 4 Linda Hinton, Cleveland, OH
District 6 Claude Cummings, Austin, TX
District 7 Susie McAllister, Denver, CO
District 9 Frank Arce, Sacramento, CA
Sector Vice-Presidents
- Sector Vice-Presidents and Canadian Director, Lisa Bolton, Telecommunications & Technologies
- Margaret Cook, Public, Health Care and Education Workers
- Charles Braico, NABET-CWA
- Bernie Lunzer, The NewsGuild-CWA
- Carl Kennebrew, IUE-CWA Industrial Division
- Sara Nelson, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA
- Martin O’Hanlon, Director, CWA-SCA Canada
At-Large Members
- Dante Harris, AFA-CWA Local 29012
- Vera Mikell, Local 2205