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AT$T Corp. - VTP Offer - February 21, 2006!
Please see the letter and attachments regarding the February 21, 2006 VTP offering. The off roll date is March 24, 2006....
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at$t's Whitacre to Fire 581 CWA Union Members!
Today, at$t Inc. CEO, Edward E. Whitacre Jr., had his Vice President of Labor Relations, Barbara Maniscalco, announce his intent to FIRE 581 MORE CWA Communications & Technologies ...
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AT$T Closing Costly to Fairhaven!
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has objected to AT&T CEOs over past layoffs in Fairhaven. The congressman this week plans to send a formal letter of objection to the CEO, seeking recon...
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Lucent Stockholders OK Pay Proposals
Lucent Technologies shareholders won two victories Wednesday, passing two proposals that urge the board of directors to link top brass compensation more closely to the company's pe...
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AT$T Pittsburg Center Closing Moving To Missouri!
Employees learned about the decision Thursday. Their last day tentatively is April 21, said Ameenah Salaam, spokeswoman for District 13 of the Communications Workers of America, wh...
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Permanent Bases Point Toward Permanent War!
In Mr. Bush's "State 0f The Union" address, he claimed that "US forces will be drawn down as Iraqi forces stand up." [1] However, this claim is flatly contradicted by the Pentagon'...
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AT$T Closing Fairhaven & Moving Work To Texas!
Ms. Xavier said she is typical of most of the soon-to-be-laid-off employees: "I make a good union wage and I have good benefits. I make $20.45 an hour and I'm worth every penny of ...
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CWA AT AVAYA SHAREHOLDERS MEETING!
Download speeches by CWA VP Ralph Maly and CWA Bargain ing Team Member Phil Pennington at the annual Avaya shareholders meeting on February 10, 2006. ...
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Post-Merger AT$T Continues To Fire Union Workers!
The new AT&T is acting a lot like the old Ma Bell -- downsizing its work force. The company yesterday confirmed a round of job reductions is occurring as a result of the acquisitio...
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VP Cheney Authorized Leak of Classified Information!
Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby, testified to a federal grand jury that he had been "authorized" by Cheney and other White House "super...
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