DWC in the News

Watch the segment here. I was just reading a letter right before I came back from the last meeting from the women who came to testify. They wrote a letter to the Women's Caucus, the Democratic Women's Caucus, saying thank you so much for hosting us, and we're still so hurt by the fact that the President continues to call our experience a hoax. Read more »

Read the article here. Nneka Ogwumike, president of the WNBPA, told reporters the union is seeking a revenue-sharing pay system that will allow players to see growth in compensation that coincides with the popularity of the women’s league. “This league is experiencing historic and sustainable growth, from the broadcast deals to the ticket sales to the rising valuations of the teams…We… Read more »

Read the article here. And Wednesday, the union kept applying pressure; 85 lawmakers from the House of Representatives sent a letter to WNBA officials demanding the league “bargain in good faith.” Read more »

Read the article here. On the penultimate day of the WNBA regular season, the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) received Congressional support for its current labor negotiations. The Democratic Women's Caucus (DWC) sent a letter to the league urging commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the team owners to "bargain in good faith" with the WNBPA and reach a fair… Read more »

Read the article here. Considering that the league is continuing to grow at an explosive pace and is set to become vastly more lucrative in the coming decade, a lockout is absolutely the last thing they need. And with the players asking for what they believe they deserve, politicians are now getting involved to help resolve the situation. "85 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus… Read more »

Read the article here. Congress members are speaking up for the WNBPA amid the union's ongoing collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations, with 85 lawmakers from the Democratic Women's Caucus and the House Democratic Caucus sending an open letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Tuesday demanding that the league "bargain in good faith to reach a fair CBA in a timely… Read more »

Read the article here. On Wednesday evening, leaders from the Democratic Women’s Caucus hosted a call with the Women’s National Basketball Players Association urging the WNBA to improve the tenor of negotiations in an effort to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement. Read more »

Read the article here. “We are negotiating with a league and at least seven, and who knows, maybe all 13 teams that seem unwilling to share in the growth that we are driving that … our labor produces,” WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike said during a call with the Democratic Women’s Caucus on Wednesday…Ogwumike’s comments came shortly after 85 members of the Democratic Women’s Caucus and… Read more »

Listen to the segment here. We have a Congressman who wrote a letter that said hey, you guys need to do the right thing. And then today 85 members of the Democratic Women's Caucus and the House democrats at a Caucus wrote a letter to Kathy Engelbert saying you need to negotiate in good faith and they want transparency. Read more »

Watch the segment here. [Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández] As Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, please follow us!, we are going to be issuing a letter at the end of this week that talks about the number of women we are seeing that are leaving the workforce. Read more »