Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling, whose trailblazing work has inspired women in the labor movement around the world, announced this week that she will retire at the 2008 CWA Convention. "It has been an incredible 56 years as a CWA member -- an unbelievable ride for a coal miner's daughter," said Easterling, an Ohio native who rose from a telephone operator to be the first woman to serve as CWA's secretary-treasurer. Download copy of announcement in PDF format.
