Claude Cummings Jr., who has served as an at-large member of the Govt Board of the Communications Staff of America since 2007, was elected Vice President of CWA District 6 in July 2011, and was re-elected in July 2015, and July 2019 representing employees in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. Claude is the primary Black appointed to guide the Human Rights Division for the Nationwide CWA. Previous to changing into an elected Union Official, Cummings was employed by Southwestern Bell Phone Firm in 1973 (now AT&T) and labored as a Body Attendant and Communications Technician, sustaining methods for NASA, amongst different company prospects.
Previous to his election to District 6 Vice President, he was the primary Black President of CWA Native 6222 representing greater than 8,000 members. He was first elected President of the Native in 1999; beforehand serving as Vice President and held different management positions within the native. Cummings was the primary Black male elected to all of those positions. Since being elected because the District 6 Vice President Cummings has led negotiations of CWA Bargaining committees, throughout the district, which have led to wage will increase, higher medical advantages, signing bonuses, job safety and extra jobs for the bargaining unit members.
He serves as 1st Vice President of the Houston Chapter of NAACP, just lately elected 2nd Vice President Texas State NAACP Convention, the Labor Committee for the Nationwide NAACP, member Texas AFL-CIO Govt Board, Board Member Push Democracy Ahead, a faith-based non-partisan group that focuses on defending our Democracy, whereas additionally serving as President of the Harris County Coalition Black Commerce Unionists, Trustee for the Nationwide Coalition of Black Commerce Unionists, At massive member A. Phillip Randolph Institute Govt Board, member Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, Harris County Democratic Occasion, member Texas Progressive Govt Council, member of Southern Christian Management Convention, The Rainbow Coalition, and Nationwide Motion Community. A number one voice in native and state politics, Cummings labored for passage of a state regulation to allow AT&T to offer video companies to prospects, which result in the hiring of hundreds of latest unionized technicians throughout the nation to put in the brand new video service. He additionally served as a delegate to previous Democratic Nationwide Conventions. He’s a longtime neighborhood activist, supporting and directing civil rights efforts.
Throughout his profession, he has been a robust advocate for jobs with livable wages on this nation, in 2016 addressing the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington D.C. urging them to vote in opposition to commerce payments that transfer jobs out of this Nation adversely affecting communities and Labor Unions. He usually meets with Civil Rights Leaders to handle the necessity for Labor and the Civil Rights Motion to work collectively to encourage Congress to move Professional Labor Laws that can construct the center class on this nation. He hosts a weekly radio present “Energy To The Individuals” that addresses labor and political, and social points across the nation, and a month-to-month radio present with the NAACP that addresses labor and civil rights points. Over the previous 11 years, he has labored with different organizations to arrange sturdy and revolutionary GOTV applications to elect Employee Pleasant Candidates in CWA District 6 and different states.
His dedication has led him to work with Rev. William Barber and the Poor Peoples Marketing campaign and with nice satisfaction represented CWA on the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, talking on the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. He’s a proud supporter of World Youth Group, Sickle Cell Affiliation of Houston, Serving to Arms to the Neighborhood, The Sisters Community, Communities Collectively, Acres of Angels, SHAPE Neighborhood Heart, Faces of Our Youngsters, Kashmere Former Athletes Affiliation, The Black Heritage Society, Harris County Democratic Ladies, Black Ladies’s PAC, the Coalition of Labor Union Ladies, serving for a few years as Chairman of the Board of Religion Revitalization, Inc., working tirelessly with any group that to assist the neighborhood in occasions of want. He has acquired awards from many of those organizations. He’s a 1970 graduate of Kashmere Excessive Faculty, the place he was Senior Class President, graduating with honors. Following commencement, he attended Tuskegee Institute. He serves as Chairman of the non-profit group He Heard My Cry Ministries, Inc. and Chairman of Trustees at The Victory Worldwide Church Houston, the place his son Claude Cummings III is Pastor. He’s a member and supervisor of the Nationwide Recording Artist and Award-Profitable Gospel Group Endurance of Houston. He’s married to Ruth Cummings; they’ve three youngsters: Kenyetta, Katrina, Claude III, and eight grandchildren: Laura, Ale`ycia, Yuri, Deiondre, Brianna, Jillian, Claire, and Laila together with one great-grandchild, Shai.
