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Employee Free Choice Act:: Restoring Workers' Freedom to Form Unions!

Workers and their allies joined lawmakers on Capitol Hill today to announce the Employee Free Choice Act, historic legislation to enable U.S. workers to join unions and negotiate f...

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Union Made/American Made Jeans!

Levi Strauss has decided to stop manufacturing their jeans in the United States. We believe that it is important to offer our members an opportunity to buy UNION MADE/AMERICAN MADE...

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AT$T Pension Pie! (With Apologies to Don McLean)

"CHORUS" Bye, bye, no, it's not a lie. I'm leaving AT$T with a small pension pie. Missin' good old days feelin' happy and high, Thinkin' that'll be the ...

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11/9/03- What World War 1's Greatest Poet Would Say About Hiding our War Dead! By Adam Cohen, The New York Times

When World War 1 broke out, the English saw going off to battle as a fine thing to do. They embraced the Latin poet Horace's dictum, "Dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori" - It is...

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AT$T Death Star Atop Downtown Building!

Almost two months after AT$T closed its downtown call-servicing center, the company says it doesn't plan to remove its logo from the top of one of the most prominent buildings in C...

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AFL-CIO CALL TO ACTION: DECEMBER 10, 2003!

A special message from AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. December 10 is only the beginning of an escalating campaign to educate the public, to use community pressure to reduce employ...

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Proposed Amendment to Local 4250 By-Laws!

Due to the ongoing loss of membership in CWA Local 4250, your Local 4250 Executive Board unanimously proposes the following amendment to the Local 4250 By-Laws, to be voted on at t...

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2004/2005 Joe Beirne Foundation Annual Scholarships!

Beginning this year, applications will be made solely online by filling out and submitting an application form at the Foundation's website. External link for more information and a...

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Spurned AT$T Remains a Likely Acquisition Target!

SBC Communications, the mammoth phone company that rules the Southwest and Midwest, is the most likely candidate, even if BellSouth would have been a better fit. Download complete ...

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Could SBC Be Waiting in the Wings?

The collapsed talks could pave the way for merger talks between AT$T and SBC Communications, which has been angling for a deal of its own. Download New York Times article in PDF fo...

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