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Auditor's Report Proves Claims: No Money Saved in Texas Privatization Scheme
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November 1, 2005
A state auditor's report shows that Texas hasn't saved any money at all in the privatization experiment that began a year ago when the Health and Human Services Commission put a corporation in charge of its human resource and payroll services.
IUE-CWA Strike Unites Labor in Rochester
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November 1, 2005
A small manufacturing local in Rochester, N.Y., is making a determined stand in an unfair labor practice strike with the help of the entire labor community.
Fighting the Good Fight
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November 1, 2005
When Clyde Rucker worked for Verizon Wireless in Laurel, Md., he was determined to show other workers that they had the right to a union voice and that it was against the law for management to threaten or try to intimidate them for supporting the union.
Retirees Matter: Perplexed by the Medicare Drug Plan? You're Not Alone
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November 1, 2005
How complicated is Medicare's so-called prescription drug "benefit" plan? It's so baffling that even the folks in charge don't understand it.
Top CWA Lawyer Patrick Scanlon Retires
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November 1, 2005
Patrick M. Scanlon, credited with winning a $60 million maternity leave settlement on behalf of workers at Western Electric, has retired as CWA general counsel. Scanlon, only the third general counsel in CWA's history, has devoted his entire legal career to organized labor and its members.