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Virgil D. Parks, who was an administrative assistant to the vice president of District 9 in CWA’s Burlingame, Calif., office, retired March 1. Parks, 61, went to work for Pacific Telesis in June 1956, in Redding, Calif., and soon became active in CWA Local 9419. He rose through the ranks, from steward, to executive board member, to vice president and president, and also served as vice president and president of the Northern California/ Nevada area CWA council, before his appointment to the union staff in 1985. His first assignment was in Tukwila, Wash. In 1990, Parks transferred to the Sacramento, Calif., CWA office. Parks had been an administrative assistant to the vice president since Nov. 1, 1994.
CWA Local 1150 has won a first-place award in the 1997 labor journalism contest sponsored by the Metro New York Labor Communications Council. CWA Vice President Larry Mancino of District 1 praised Local President Laura Unger and other officers of the local for their prizewinning efforts. Judges in the contest cited the publication, “Local Spirit,” in the general excellence category for outstanding achievement. The award was presented May 8 in New York City at the council’s 23rd annual convention.
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara J. Easterling has received the prestigious President’s Excellence Award from the Spina Bifida Association of America. The presentation was made by SBAA President William B. Tirrell Sr. at the organization’s 25th annual convention on July 2 in Alexandria, Va. Easterling also serves on the 22-member SBAA board of directors and has been active on behalf of the group for years. A spokesman for SBAA said the award is presented each year “to an individual on the board who the president feels has made the greatest contribution toward advancing the goals and mission of SBAA during the past year.”
A terminally ill mother, via satellite and cable TV, watched from her hospital bed as her oldest daughter, Barbara, graduated from West Point, June 1. She also talked to her by phone while seeing her on the screen, thanks to the efforts of PT Phone Home, a volunteer organization headed by Frank Dosio of CWA Local 1120. The next day she watched her younger daughter, Theresa, graduate from high school. PT Phone Home made all the arrangements for both events with donations and cooperation from the Pioneers, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic and FrontierVision. Donna Brodzinski, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died June 3 at Union Hospital at Dover, following her 16-year battle with cancer.
PT Phone Home in 1992 arranged a similar hook-up and computer to enable Cadet David Dickson complete his studies and graduate West Point after being paralyzed in a motorcycle accident. The organization was founded in 1990 and with the help of CWA and its major telecom employers, installed bedside telephones in 172 Veterans Administration hospitals.
CWA Local 1150 has won a first-place award in the 1997 labor journalism contest sponsored by the Metro New York Labor Communications Council. CWA Vice President Larry Mancino of District 1 praised Local President Laura Unger and other officers of the local for their prizewinning efforts. Judges in the contest cited the publication, “Local Spirit,” in the general excellence category for outstanding achievement. The award was presented May 8 in New York City at the council’s 23rd annual convention.
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara J. Easterling has received the prestigious President’s Excellence Award from the Spina Bifida Association of America. The presentation was made by SBAA President William B. Tirrell Sr. at the organization’s 25th annual convention on July 2 in Alexandria, Va. Easterling also serves on the 22-member SBAA board of directors and has been active on behalf of the group for years. A spokesman for SBAA said the award is presented each year “to an individual on the board who the president feels has made the greatest contribution toward advancing the goals and mission of SBAA during the past year.”
A terminally ill mother, via satellite and cable TV, watched from her hospital bed as her oldest daughter, Barbara, graduated from West Point, June 1. She also talked to her by phone while seeing her on the screen, thanks to the efforts of PT Phone Home, a volunteer organization headed by Frank Dosio of CWA Local 1120. The next day she watched her younger daughter, Theresa, graduate from high school. PT Phone Home made all the arrangements for both events with donations and cooperation from the Pioneers, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic and FrontierVision. Donna Brodzinski, of New Philadelphia, Ohio died June 3 at Union Hospital at Dover, following her 16-year battle with cancer.
PT Phone Home in 1992 arranged a similar hook-up and computer to enable Cadet David Dickson complete his studies and graduate West Point after being paralyzed in a motorcycle accident. The organization was founded in 1990 and with the help of CWA and its major telecom employers, installed bedside telephones in 172 Veterans Administration hospitals.