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Nader and Bahr: Proposed WorldCom/MCI Merger Would Hurt Consumers, Create Internet Monopoly
The proposed WorldCom/MCI merger should be rejected because it would allow the combined company to wield monopoly control over essential Internet backbone services, consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America, declared today at a symposium of top
1998 Telecommunications Industry Bargaining: Background on Bargaining
This year, the Communications Workers of America will negotiate contracts covering nearly 400,000 workers at the nation's largest telecommunications employers. This is the largest round of bargaining in any industry this year.
European Commission Puts the Brakes on MCI-WorldCom Merger
Following is the statement of Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America, on the decision by the European Commission to conduct a Phase II, four-month investigation of the proposed mega-merger between MCI Communications and WorldCom Inc.:
Cleveland Reporters Win 1997 Heywood Broun Award: Honor recognizes outstanding journalistic achievem
The Newspaper Guild-CWA has named the 1997 winner of its prestigious Heywood Broun award. Ted Wendling, Joan Mazzolini and Dave Davis, reporters for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, were selected for their series of articles exposing flaws in the nation's organ allocation and transplant system.
El Nino Triumph and Tragedy
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March 1, 1998
Flooding in California, ice storms in the Northeast. The CWA family thought it had seen the worst of El Niño by Feb. 23, when tornadoes ripped across central Florida, killing two of its members.