Journalism Union Helped Push Nuclear Option, HuffPo Admits

November 22nd, 2013 10:50 AM
The Communications Workers of America, which includes a prominent journalism union, is taking credit for Sen. Harry Reid’s use of the nuclear option. That option is a Senate rule which prevents the GOP from blocking presidential nominees. CWA president Larry Cohen said that his group was “all over this ” and that “[t]his is finally a significant step,” according to The Huffington Post. CWA even…

Communications Union Head Chafes at ‘Limits of Democracy

May 15th, 2012 4:47 PM
As an ever-shrinking number of newspaper readers can attest, most major U.S. papers skew liberal. But its not every day the head of a union representing journalists lays out a list of goals that might have been written by MoveOn.org, and displays a contempt for democracy more at home on the editorial pages of state-run organs in third-world dictatorships. But there was Larry Cohen, AFL-CIO…

Making Bias Official: Newspaper Guild Applauds Obama Gay Marriage View

May 11th, 2012 2:31 PM
If you doubted where many journalists stand on gay marriage, don’t. The Newspaper Guild, which is part of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), joined with other unions, such as the AFL-CIO, in expressing its support for Obama on homosexual marriage. President Larry Cohen of the CWA stated:   "The Communications Workers of America stands with the President and those who support…