Campaign Workers Guild

Campaign Workers Guild (CWG) is an independent American labor union. CWG represents workers on political campaigns, state parties, political consulting firms, non-profits, and other workplaces.[4][5] The union advocates for higher wages, more reasonable work schedules, and improved practices to prevent sexual harassment on campaigns.[6]

Campaign Workers Guild
The Campaign Workers Guild
Founded2017 (2017)
HeadquartersP O BOX 3023, Washington, D.C.
Location
  • United States
Members
559 (2019)[1]
President
Marvin González
Key people
Nrithya Anukonda, vice president [2] Meg Reilly, former president[3]
Websitecampaignworkersguild.org

CWG was founded in early 2017 by current and former campaign workers.[7] Notable workplaces whose staff unionized with CWG include President Joe Biden,[8] Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,[9] Julian Castro,[10] Pramila Jayapal, Deb Haaland, Randy Bryce, Cynthia Nixon, and ActBlue, among others.[11]

References
  1. US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-421. Report submitted March 15, 2020.
  2. "Governance".
  3. Olvera, Kaitlin. "Campaign workers’ push to unionize starts to pay off." Politico. June 6, 2019; Olvera, Kaitlin. "Campaign workers’ push to unionize starts to pay off" New York Times. September 12, 2019.
  4. Olvera, Kaitlyn (June 6, 2019). "Campaign workers' push to unionize starts to pay off". POLITICO.
  5. "National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Workers Ratify Contract with Campaign Workers Guild". NAPAWF.
  6. "Campaign Work Is Grueling. A New Union Wants to Make It Better". Talk Poverty. November 6, 2018.
  7. "Democrats love unions. Just not for their own campaign workers". NBC News. 15 April 2018.
  8. Saenz, Arlette (March 7, 2024). "Biden campaign recognizing unionizing efforts by headquarters staff". CNN.
  9. Chávez, Aída (July 13, 2020). "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Campaign Workers Just Ratified a Union Contract". The Intercept.
  10. Desai, Saahil (August 24, 2019). "Why 2020 Campaign Workers Are Suddenly Unionizing". The Atlantic.
  11. "Who We've Represented". Campaign Workers Guild.
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