CWA District 4 Staff Rep Co-Chairs Discussion on Fighting Big Ugly Bill

Last month, CWA District 4 Staff Representative Diane Bailey, in her role as President of the Central Ohio Labor Council, co-hosted a roundtable discussion with Ohio Congresswoman Joyce Beatty at the congresswoman’s offices. The dialogue focused on how labor unions can prepare for and mitigate harm caused by the Trump Administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which cuts healthcare coverage to millions of American workers and hands major tax breaks to corporations and their billionaire owners.

Members of CWA Locals 4320 and 4502 and other labor unions joined in the discussion. Tim Burga, President of the Ohio AFL-CIO and Samantha Trueblood, a Senior Representative with the National AFL-CIO, also participated.

Concerns raised included the bill’s effects on clean energy jobs, closures of rural hospitals, weakening of federal mediation and conciliation services, crumbling rail and transportation infrastructure, and attacks on public sector unions, including Social Security Administration and Postal Service workers.

Congresswoman Beatty offered advice on where and how to focus unified messaging and to keep up public pressure through direct action. She addressed specific concerns voiced during the meeting and thanked those in attendance for the new information they provided to help shape her own advocacy. Beatty requested more frequent listening sessions to stay abreast of worker concerns.

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This post originally appeared on cwa-union.org.