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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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2006-2007 Robert Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, administered by the Cleveland Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2006-2007 academic year. Applications must be post...

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Is AT$T a Conduit in U S Wiretapping??

EFF claims that the US government did not act alone and is not acting alone, and that it requires the collaboration of major telecom companies such as AT&T to implement its illegal...

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U.S. Union Workforce Remains Steady in 2005!

The percentage of union members in the U.S. work force held steady last year, at least temporarily halting years of steady decline, according to figures released by the Bureau of L...

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More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement!

Pension advocates said they were dismayed that rich and powerful companies like I.B.M. and Verizon would abandon traditional pensions. "With Verizon, we're talking about a company ...

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IBM To Freeze Pension Program In '08!

Beginning in 2008, IBM will stop contributing to its traditional U.S. pension plan and a later retirement plan now held by 117,000 IBM employees. Instead, IBM says it intends to in...

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A Challenge to Labor's Anti-War Activists!

John Sweeney and his associates on the Executive Council have decided unilaterally that the war in Iraq will not be an issue in the AFL-CIO's campaign in the 2006 elections. Furthe...

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM CWA LOCAL 4250!

Download Christmas greeting from Local 4250 in PDF format....

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