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Our Opportunity To Change the Agenda

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October 1, 2002
Working families fed up with corporate scandals, expensive government bailouts and an economy teetering on recession have the opportunity on Nov. 5 to regain control of the House of Representatives.

CWA Mourns Loss of Glenn Watts

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October 1, 2002

CWA’s Second President Led CWA through ‘Golden Age Record Bell System Bargaining Achievements

CWA’s President Emeritus Glenn E. Watts, who headed the union from 1974 until his retirement in 1985, died Aug. 30, at a Washington, D.C.

Frustrated VIS Workers Vote Strike Authorization

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October 1, 2002
Frustrated by months of stalled negotiations, unilateral changes in job conditions by management and even the firing of several union activists, CWA members at Verizon Information Services voted by a 9 to 1 margin to authorize a strike, subject to approval of the Executive Board and setting of a str

Organizing Heat Wave Brings Union to 1,600

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October 1, 2002
More than 1,600 workers have won CWA representation since mid-July. The largest gains came in District 3, where CWA Vice President Jimmy Smith reported that on Sept.