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Seth Rosen, CWA Vice President, Dies in Tragic Drowning Accident
Seth Rosen, vice president of Communications Workers of America District 4, representing 50,000 active and retired members in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, died tragically in a drowning accident in North Carolina on Friday, July 20, 2012. He was 55.
Statement from AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson on Seth Rosen's Death
Statement from AT&T Chairman & CEO Randall Stephenson:
"On behalf of everyone at AT&T, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Rosen family during this difficult time.
"Seth was an outstanding leader and possessed a passion for the labor movement and his members. He was a great thinker and innovator. He was tough and relentless, but he showed us all the importance of working together.
"Seth was a great man, a good friend, and we'll miss him."
"On behalf of everyone at AT&T, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Rosen family during this difficult time.
"Seth was an outstanding leader and possessed a passion for the labor movement and his members. He was a great thinker and innovator. He was tough and relentless, but he showed us all the importance of working together.
"Seth was a great man, a good friend, and we'll miss him."
56 Senators Vote to Bring Jobs Home, but Senate Republicans Refuse to Consider "Insourcing" Bill
Press Release
The U.S. Senate today took up the Bring Jobs Home Act, but despite a majority of senators voting to provide incentives to companies that bring good jobs back to the U.S., the bill failed to get the 60-vote "super majority" needed break a Republican filibuster and move the bill to the Senate floor. The final vote was 56-42.
CWA, IBEW Request Federal Mediation in Contract Talks with Verizon
Today, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) requested the services of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) regarding on-going negotiations with Verizon Communications. The two unions represent approximately 45,000 workers at Verizon locations from New England to Virginia.
Momentum for Bill Banning Tax Dollars for Companies That Off Shore U.S. Call Center Jobs Builds
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) today hailed the growing national outrage over taxpayer subsidies for corporations that send jobs off shore, as Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) introduced S.3402, a companion bill to the ?U.S. Call Center and Worker Protection Act? in the United States Senate. Among other provisions, the legislation would ban companies that off shore American call center jobs from receiving federal loans, grants or subsidies for five years.