{{Short description|American labour union}} {{Infobox organization | name = Campaign Workers Guild | logo = Cwg-mark.png | logo_alt = | abbreviation = CWG | predecessor = | merged_into = <!-- any other organization(s) which it was merged into --> | successor = | formation = {{start date|2017}} | founder = <!-- or |founders = --> | dissolved = <!-- or |defunct = --><!-- use {{end date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | merger = <!-- other organizations (if any) merged with, to constitute the new organization --> | type = Trade union | headquarters = Washington, DC, US | location = United States | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | fields = <!-- or |field = --> | membership = 680<ref name="OLMS_LM-3_2020-03-15">{{Cite OLMS|filenum=000-421|rptId=720074|rptForm=LM2Form|date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> | num_members_year = 2024 | leader_title = President | leader_name = Ngakay Wong | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | expenses = | expenses_year = | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | website = {{official URL}} }} '''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://politi.co/2I15dFc|title=Campaign workers' push to unionize starts to pay off|first=Kaitlyn|last=Olvera|date=June 6, 2019|website=POLITICO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.napawf.org/press-releases/072420|title=National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum Workers Ratify Contract with Campaign Workers Guild|website=NAPAWF}}</ref> The union advocates for higher wages, more reasonable work schedules, and improved practices to prevent sexual harassment on campaigns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://talkpoverty.org/2018/11/06/working-campaign-union-better/|title=Campaign Work Is Grueling. A New Union Wants to Make It Better.|date=November 6, 2018|website=Talk Poverty}}</ref>
CWG was founded in early 2017 by current and former campaign workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-love-unions-just-not-their-own-campaign-workers-n864196|title=Democrats love unions. Just not for their own campaign workers.|website=NBC News|date=15 April 2018 }}</ref> Notable workplaces whose staff unionized with CWG include President Joe Biden,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/biden-campaign-recognizing-unionizing-efforts-by-headquarters-staff/index.html/|title=Biden campaign recognizing unionizing efforts by headquarters staff |first1=Arlette|last1=Saenz|date=March 7, 2024|website=CNN}}</ref> Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theintercept.com/2020/07/13/ocasio-cortez-campaign-staff-unionize/|title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Campaign Workers Just Ratified a Union Contract|first1=Aída|last1=Chávez|date=July 13, 2020|website=The Intercept}}</ref> Julian Castro,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/08/2020-campaigns-unionize-sanders-warren-booker-castro/596599/|title=Why 2020 Campaign Workers Are Suddenly Unionizing|first=Saahil|last=Desai|date=August 24, 2019|website=The Atlantic}}</ref> Pramila Jayapal, Deb Haaland, Randy Bryce, Cynthia Nixon, and ActBlue, among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campaignworkersguild.org/who-weve-represented|title=Who We've Represented|website=Campaign Workers Guild}}</ref>
== See also == * Congressional Workers Union * Political campaign staff
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== External links == * {{Official website}}
Category:Trade unions in the United States Category:Political campaigns Category:Organizations based in Washington, D.C. Category:Trade unions established in 2017