Communications Workers of America
The union founded in 1938 as the National Federation of Telephone Workers and renamed in 1947, which grew from bargaining with the Bell System into one union for telephone workers, flight attendants, journalists, broadcast technicians, manufacturing, public sector and tech workers across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
Financial profile
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO, CLC · EIN 53-0246709 · 501(c)(5)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $147,710,670 | $25,557 | $128,535,696 | $190,828,647 | $446,305,912 | May 2025 |
| FY2024 | $144,073,543 | $46,144 | $122,499,279 | $172,941,548 | $473,670,026 | May 2024 |
| FY2023 | $128,096,234 | $24,224 | $111,259,555 | $163,538,010 | $475,766,159 | May 2023 |
| FY2022 | $150,698,127 | $46,466 | $113,944,548 | $147,970,113 | $517,989,365 | May 2022 |
| FY2021 | $187,247,584 | $26,168 | $133,667,796 | $133,187,020 | $504,377,878 | May 2021 |
| FY2020 | $194,639,907 | $22,771 | $127,872,576 | $158,183,647 | $346,388,583 | May 2020 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies CWA is read alongside.
Teamsters
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The union that began in 1903 when rival team drivers' unions merged at Niagara Falls, now 1.3 million members…
UFCW
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
A union of 1.2 million workers in the United States and Canada, formed in 1979 when the Retail Clerks and the…
AFSCME
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
The union founded in 1932 by a small group of Wisconsin state employees to defend the civil service, now 1.4…
AFT
American Federation of Teachers
A national union of educators and public service workers that bargains collectively for its members while…
NNU
National Nurses United
The largest union of registered nurses in the country, bargaining at the bedside and campaigning for patients…
Who backs CWA
No public supporter list found as of October 2026.
The outside view
The union founded in 1938 as the National Federation of Telephone Workers and renamed in 1947, which grew from bargaining with the Bell System into one union for telephone workers, flight attendants, journalists, broadcast technicians, manufacturing, public sector and tech workers across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
- Authority
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The League
Far-flung, and stronger for it.
The League is a federation of many, where the value lives in the connections between its members and chapters. Its gift is reach and resilience, its challenge is holding a shared identity across all its parts.
Also reads toward The Frontier and The Movement.
Strengths
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