Campaign Workers Guild

Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is an American labor union. CWG represents workers on political campaigns, state parties, political consulting firms, non-profits, and other workplaces.[3][4] The union advocates for higher wages, more reasonable work schedules, and improved practices to prevent sexual harassment on campaigns.[5]

Campaign Workers Guild
The Campaign Workers Guild
Founded2017 (2017)
HeadquartersP O BOX 3023, Washington, D.C.
Location
  • United States
Members
559 (2019)[1]
Key people
Meg Reilly, president[2]
Websitecampaignworkersguild.org

CWG was founded in early 2017 by current and former campaign workers.[6] Notable campaigns whose staff unionized with CWG include Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[7] Julian Castro,[8] Pramila Jayapal, Deb Haaland, Randy Bryce, and Cynthia Nixon, among others.[9]

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