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In The News: Bargaining Set for 150,000 AT&T Workers
Across the country and across AT&T units, CWAers are mobilizing for new contracts.
Bargaining got underway Jan. 21 for a new contract covering 20,000 CWA members at AT&T Mobility. The "Orange Contract" covers workers in Districts 1, 2, 4, 9 and 13.
Why is this Recession so Deep, and What can be Done to Reverse it?
Hint: Go back about 50 years, when America's middle class was expanding and the economy was soaring. Paychecks were big enough to allow us to buy all the goods and services we produced. It was a virtuous circle.
During Depression, Collective Bargaining Was Centerpiece for Rebuilding Economy
During the Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt considered the National Labor Relations Act , or Wagner Act, a centerpiece of his efforts to rebuild a devastated economy.