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Campaign Workers Guild

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Campaign Workers Guild
The Campaign Workers Guild
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
HeadquartersP O BOX 3023, Washington, D.C.
Location
  • United States
Members
680 (2024)[1]
President
Ngakay Wong
Key people
Nrithya Anukonda, vice president [2] Meg Reilly, former president[3]
Websitecampaignworkersguild.org

Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is an independent American labor union. CWG represents workers on political campaigns, state parties, political consulting firms, non-profits, and other workplaces.[4][5] The union advocates for higher wages, more reasonable work schedules, and improved practices to prevent sexual harassment on campaigns.[6]

CWG was founded in early 2017 by current and former campaign workers.[7] Notable workplaces whose staff unionized with CWG include President Joe Biden,[8] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[9] Julian Castro,[10] Pramila Jayapal, Deb Haaland, Randy Bryce, Cynthia Nixon, and ActBlue, among others.[11]

References

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  1. ^ US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-421. Report submitted March 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Governance".
  3. ^ Olvera, Kaitlin. "Campaign workers’ push to unionize starts to pay off." Politico. June 6, 2019; Olvera, Kaitlin. "Campaign workers’ push to unionize starts to pay off" New York Times. September 12, 2019.
  4. ^ Olvera, Kaitlyn (June 6, 2019). "Campaign workers' push to unionize starts to pay off". POLITICO.
  5. ^ "National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Workers Ratify Contract with Campaign Workers Guild". NAPAWF.
  6. ^ "Campaign Work Is Grueling. A New Union Wants to Make It Better". Talk Poverty. November 6, 2018.
  7. ^ "Democrats love unions. Just not for their own campaign workers". NBC News. 15 April 2018.
  8. ^ Saenz, Arlette (March 7, 2024). "Biden campaign recognizing unionizing efforts by headquarters staff". CNN.
  9. ^ Chávez, Aída (July 13, 2020). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Campaign Workers Just Ratified a Union Contract". The Intercept.
  10. ^ Desai, Saahil (August 24, 2019). "Why 2020 Campaign Workers Are Suddenly Unionizing". The Atlantic.
  11. ^ "Who We've Represented". Campaign Workers Guild.