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NJ State Workers Ratify Contract
State workers in New Jersey overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement that provides a no-layoff guarantee for 18 months and creates a seven-day paid leave bank to offset 10 furlough days. |
07/02/09 |
'Joyful' TNG-CWA Member Among Nine Victims of Subway Tragedy
The victims of last week's deadly subway crash in Washington, D.C., included Mary Doolittle, a member of TNG-CWA Local 32035, known to her friends as "Mandy" and remembered as a joyous, generous woman full of good humor and southern hospitality.
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07/02/09 |
200 'Green' CWA-Built Buses Rolling in Nation's Capital
Bus riders in the Washington, D.C., area soon will be riding on some of nation's newest "green" buses, the hybrid-electric-diesel vehicles built by members of CWA Local 7304 at New Flyer Bus Co. |
07/02/09 |
Workers Take Different Routes to Union at Amnesty Intl and EZ Pass
Recent organizing victories by workers at Amnesty International and EZ Pass clearly show why Congress must pass the Employee Free Choice Act. |
07/02/09 |
Saving for College? Union Plus Can Help
Every dollar counts when you're sending a kid to college, and Union Plus wants to help.
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07/02/09 |
Lobby Day Visits Get CWA Message to 200 Members of Congress
CWA members participated in more than 200 visits with their senators, representatives and staff last week during CWA's Lobby Day and the combined convention/legislative-political conference. |
07/02/09 |
Mexican Union Takes on Employee Free Choice Fight
Leaders of STRM, the independent telephone workers union in Mexico, delivered a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, urging support for the Employee Free Choice Act. |
07/02/09 |
Thousands of CWA Members Unite in Lobby Day
CWA's biggest Lobby Day ever was a huge success.
Thousands of CWA members, in local and district delegations, fanned out over Capitol Hill to the offices of their Senators and Representatives and pushed hard for support for the Employee Free Choice Act and real health care reform. |
06/25/09 |
District 3 and 9 Vice Presidents Elected
Delegates from Districts 3 and 9 elected vice presidents at the 71st convention. District 3's new Vice President is Judy Dennis, who has served as administrative director to the District 3 vice president since 2005. She first joined staff in 1999 as a CWA Representative and served Local 3207 as president and in several other positions. Dennis replaces Beverly Hicks who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of former vice president Noah Savant who retired in January. |
06/25/09 |
Health care reform: 'We Can't Afford to Wait'
Everyone is fired up for real health care reform! A sea of CWAers in red was a big part of the huge rally in front of the U.S. Capitol, where more than 10,000 union members and activists came together to tell Congress that it's time for real health care reform. |
06/25/09 |
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