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As Workers' Pensions Wither, Executives Flourish

"When Edward Whitacre, chairman and CEO of AT&T Inc., turns 65 in November, he'll be entitled to a pension of $5.4 million a year for life, plus an $18.8 million lump sum. For this...

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Senate Supports Bush "Lie and Die" Iraq Policy!

The GOP-controlled Senate on Thursday rejected Democratic calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq by year's end, as the two parties sought to define their election-year po...

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AT$T Surplus and VTP Announcement!

Today, AT$T declared yet another Surplus and VTP announcement affecting 158 CWA members nationwide. Download the attached PDF file for pertinent information....

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"They Are All American Heroes" 906 Names Added To Memorial Wall

The wall immortalizes the combat-related deaths of fallen military in the country?s MidEast conflicts since the mid- to late 1970s. The memorial was constructed with private donati...

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Hillary and Kerry Bring Me to Tears on Iraq!

.."when she finally talked about the war, Hillary was way worse than just "not very good on Iraq." She was godawful, announcing "there must be a plan that will begin to bring our t...

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Cingular Bucks Anti-Union Trend!

"None of Cingular's rivals are union-friendly, the CWA says. "Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint, Alltel are the Wal-Marts of this industry," says Jeff Rechenbach, Executive Vice P...

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Highlights of Tentative Agreement With Avaya!

More details will be out early next week. Download highlights of the new tentative agreement with Avaya, in PDF format. ...

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AT$T Launches Rural Satellite Broadband Internet!

To Ed Whitacre, CEO AT$T Inc. Are CWA and/or IBEW members currently performing the installation and maintenance of AT$T Rural Satellite Broadband Internet Service, W...

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CWA District 4 and AT$T Teleholdings, Inc. Reach Agreement On Premise Technician - Appendix F

The Communications Workers of America, District 4 (?CWA? or ?the Union?) and AT&T Teleholdings, Inc. d/b/a AT&T Midwest, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell Telephone Com...

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Once Again, The Future Ain't What It Used To Be!

The idea that each generation of children will grow up to be better off than the one that preceded it has always been a part of the American dream. But barely a third of adults exp...

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