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Larry Cohen is the former president of the Communications Workers of America, a 700,000 member labor union representing workers in Canada and the United States. Cohen was first elected to his most recent position, by acclamation, in 2005, and left in 2015 succeeded by Chris Shelton.
- CWA President Christopher M. Shelton
- CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens
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Christopher Shelton was elected president of the Communications Workers ofAmerica by acclamation by delegates to the union’s 75th convention on June 8,2015. Prior to his election as president, Shelton served as vice president of CWADistrict 1, representing 160,000 members in more than 300 CWA locals in NewJersey, New York and New England. He served...
Sara Steffens was elected secretary-treasurer of the Communications Workersof America by delegates to the union’s 75th convention on June 8, 2015. As CWA secretary-treasurer, Steffens is responsible for overseeing the union’soperating budget, investments and membership funds, facilities and otheroperations. She also is charged with ensuring full fi...
CWA's Executive Board governs the union between conventions. It includes the President and Secretary-Treasurer, and vice presidents for seven geographic districts, six industry sectors, the Canadian director and four at-large members.
As organizing director, Cohen has helped more than 130,000 workers gain CWA representation, including in the last year, 10,000 passenger service professionals at US Airways; 6,500 telephone workers at Southern New England Telephone and 2,500 editorial and commercial workers at Dow Jones operations.
As president, Larry has promoted reform inside CWA and beyond. Under his leadership, convention delegates approved a measure to add the voices and perspectives of local union leaders to the union’s executive board and to broaden the board’s diversity.
In early June, Larry Cohen stepped down from his 10-year tenure as president of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the 700, 000-member union of telephone, airline, broadcast, journalism...
He has expanded alliances with CWA’s counterpart unions in Latin America, Europe and Asia, and served as president of the 2.5 million-member Union Network International (UNI) Telecom Sector from 2001 until 2007, and continues to serve on the UNI World Executive Board.
Larry Cohen is the former president of the Communications Workers of America, a 700,000 member labor union representing workers in Canada and the United States. Cohen was first elected to his most recent position, by acclamation, in 2005, and left in 2015 succeeded by Chris Shelton.
