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Alcatel-Lucent Outsources Benefit Plans

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January 4, 2008
CWA has been notified that Alcatel-Lucent has contracted the administration of Short Term Disability (STD), the Sickness and Accident Disability Plan (SADBP), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), State Family Leave Act (SFLA), and Leaves of Absence (LOA), for the U.S. and Puerto Rico, to Aetna effective January 1, 2008.

588 AT&T Customer Care Reps Vote CWA in New Hampshire

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January 3, 2008
Concerned over the lack of job security, poor wages, and exorbitant health care costs, a unit of 588 customer care workers at an AT&T Government Solutions center in Dover, New Hampshire, gained representation with CWA Local 1298 through majority card check. According to the state AFL-CIO it was the largest private sector organizing win in New Hampshire since 1966. The workers process passport applications under an AT&T contract with the U.S. Department of State.