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The WAR on IRAQ, Explainified by DUBYA! - 2/5/03
This external link uses satire to explain the real reason for Bush's WAR in IRAQ!...
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Chicago Labor Leaders Opposed to Bush's Plan to Rush to War in Iraq! - 2/5/03
As we know only too well, the Bush Administration has been pushing a legislative agenda to cripple health care and social security, more generous tax cuts for the rich, major curta...
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AT$T CEO Dorman Refuses to Offer any Assurances of a Long Term FUTURE for AT$T to CWA President Morty Bahr - 2/3/03
The file is in Microsoft Word format (15.5kb) and contains a letter from CWA C&T Vice President Ralph Maly to AT$T Vice President Christopher W. O'Flinn dated January 23, 2003....
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Has Corporate America Kept Their Promise To Retirees? Pension Funding Gap Estimated to be $300 BILLION! -1/25/03
Although the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (P.B.G.C.) is a government agency, its work is financed entirely by companies, not general tax revenues. This is an external link...
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell Congress to Begin an Immediate Investigation of Corporate America's Offshoring of USA Workers' Jobs! - 1/25/03
This is an external link to e-mail your Congressman and Senator. It literally takes just a few minutes to complete and pass on to family and friends....
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2002 AT$T Performance Award for CWA & IBEW Represented Employees Shall be Payable by Separate Check on March 14, 2003 - 1/24/03
CWA & IBEW represented employees shall receive a payout of $892, minus appropriate deductions. See the attached pdf file (11.7kb) for the complete text of a letter received from AT...
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Does AT$T's "2003 Contingency Plan" Include Outsourcing CWA/AT$T Members' Work in the USA to AT$T's "First of its Kind" Technology Park in India? - 1/24/03
Is AT$T's motive "philanthropic" or just pure GREED? Read this little known AT$T news release from Ramsey, New Jersey dated November 8, 2001. Scroll to the bottom and E-mail Jeff R...
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2002 Plan Year Performance Award for CWA & IBEW Represented Employees Shall be Payable on March 14, 2003 - 1/24/03
Eligible CWA & IBEW represented employees will receive a payout of $892 for the 2002 plan year. See the attached pdf file (11.7kb) for the complete text of letter from AT$T Labor R...
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All Eligible CWA & IBEW Represented AT$T Employees Shall Receive a $892 Payout for the 2002 Plan Year AT$T Performance Award on March 14, 2003 - 1/24/03
The payment shall be by separate check subject to all appropriate deductions. The attached pdf file (11.7kb) contains the complete text of a letter from AT$T Labor Relations....
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AT$T is Preparing to Fire 882 CWA Members in the USA, including (9) in GCA 551, on March 21, 2003 Due to Their January 21, 2003 Surplus Announcement - 1/23/03
The attached file is in Microsoft Word format and is 23.5kb...
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