August 5, 2021
In a joint opinion piece published in Newsweek on Saturday, CWA
President Chris Shelton and New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez fought
back against attempts to cut pandemic relief funds for state and local governments.
Shelton and Menendez noted that public sector workers, including CWA
members, responded heroically to the pandemic. "The COVID-19 pandemic
... has upended our daily lives and shuttered businesses for
significant periods of time," they wrote. "Local governments in both
red and blue states saw a substantial drop in tax revenue throughout
2020. As local revenues fell and demand for emergency services
increased, public sector workers were once again on the chopping
block. More than 1.3 million public sector jobs were cut
nationwide. Women and people of color disproportionately held these
positions."
https://cwa-union.org/news/president-shelton-and-senator-menendez-defend-public-sector-against-cuts
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