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Lucent, Unions Continue Contract Talks Past Deadline, Strike Looms Tonight If No Agreement Reached T
Bargaining talks between Lucent Technologies and two unions representing 44,000 workers at the company continued past last night's midnight contract expiration deadline.
Union Members Vote Strike Authorization at Lucent Technologies: Negotiations Continue as May 30 Cont
Members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at Lucent Technologies if contract talks covering 44,000 workers fail.
CWA Members at SBC's Southwestern Bell Ratify Contract
By a three-to-one margin, members of the Communications Workers of America at Southwestern Bell ratified a new 32-month agreement that provides significant improvements in wages and pensions, as well as employment security gains, for some 43,000 CWA-represented employees.
Communications Workers Win Early Settlement at AT&T: Provides Substantial Gains in Wages, Pensions,
An early tentative settlement at AT&T includes strong wage, profit sharing and pension gains along with improvements in health care and other benefits and a breakthrough in organizing areas such as AT&T Wireless that currently are non-union.
CWA Announces Pace-Setting Settlements at Pacific Telesis and Southwestern Bell
In the first settlement of this year's major round of labor talks in the telecommunications industry, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) announced tentative new contracts at Pacific Telesis and Southwestern Bell that provide strengthened employment security, significant improvements in wage