Wearing red as a sign of solidarity began in 1989. NYNEX employees were on strike for 17 weeks. During the strike in August, Gerry Horgan, CWA Chief Steward for Local 1103, in Westchester County, NY, was hit and killed by a car driven by a scab worker. 1103 wore red for the first time in Unity for Gerry. At his funeral, a line of thousands of CWA members wearing red stretched for more than a mile along the route to the church. That display of Unity is what CWA members are supposed to be all about. 

Ever since then, every Thursday, CWA members wear red to honor Gerry's memory and to show that we are united in the fight for justice for all working people.