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Baltimore Guild Members Vote to Authorize Strike
News
June 20, 2003
With their contract expiring June 24, TNG-CWA members at the Baltimore Sun voted almost unanimously to give the union the authority to call a strike if no agreement is reached. Issues include keeping quality jobs, better wages as well as other key concerns.
Communications Workers, AT&T Reach Early Settlement: 2-Year Contract Extension Hikes Wages, Pensions
Press Release
Washington, D.C. -- The Communications Workers of America announced that in early negotiations with AT&T this week the parties agreed to a 2-year extension of their national collective bargaining agreement covering 22,000 workers.
2003 Verizon Bargaining Gets Underway Week of June 23
Press Release
Washington, D.C.-- Contracts covering nearly 60,000 members of the Communications Workers of America at Verizon East in New York, New England and the mid-Atlantic states expire Aug. 2.
NJ Committee Backs Call Center Bill
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June 16, 2003
The State Government Committee of the NJ Assembly approved a measure to better protect consumers by requiring customer call center employees to identify themselves, their location, and their actual employer. The bill is being considered by the full Assembly.
ALLTEL Workers Strike in Kentucky
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June 16, 2003
On June 8, 450 ALLTEL workers in Kentucky went on strike as their former Verizon contract expired. Members of Local 3372 and Local 3371 maintained picket lines at company facilities in Lexington, Ashland and other Kentucky locations. Roving pickets were following nonunion contract repair technicians to customers' places of business.