Press Releases

A scientific survey conducted for the Communications Workers of America shows overwhelming public and customer support for union workers who are on strike at U S West. When asked initially, respondents supported the workers' position over the company's by a greater than 4-to-1 margin.

North Haven, Conn. - Some 6,300 workers, members of Communications Workers of America Local 1298, are on strike at Southern New England Telephone locations across the state.

Comparing recent statements by U S WEST to "a bloody-handed criminal blaming his victim after the fact," the Communications Workers of America's top regional officer scoffed at today's company press statement claiming the union has been stalling in negotiations and charged that U S WEST engineered t

CWA reached a tentative agreement with GTE Southwest on a three-year contract covering 5,200 workers in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico and on a second contract covering some 200 workers at GTE Supply.

Statement by Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer
on AFL-CIO Support for U S WEST Strikers, August 21, 1998