Claude Cummings Elected 1st Black President of CWA

Early Tuesday morning, CWA announced that Claude Cummings of Houston won a runoff election over Ed Mooney by a margin of 59% to 41% to be elected as the 1st Black President of the 600,000-member Communication Workers of America.

Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee of Houston took to Twitter at 2 am Texas Time to praise Cummings’.

“After many long years of fighting for working families from Texas, to New York, to California and beyond, Claude Cummings has been elected President of one of the most powerful unions in the nation, the Communications Workers of America,” wrote Congresswoman Shelia Jackson-Lee on twitter at 2 am early Texas time.

“Claude is a great leader and will be a real force in fighting for CWA members and as well working families across the United States for all to have a better quality of life,” wrote the Congresswoman. “Congratulations Claude Cummings, all of us in Texas are TEXAS proud!”

A 50-year veteran of CWA, Cummings first became active in the union in 1973. For many years, he headed the Human Right Department of CWA. In that role, the 71-year-old Cummings won a reputation as a progressive, inclusive labor leader with a multiracial vision fo moving the labor movement forward.

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