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Puerto Rican Phone Workers Declare Support for CWA Strikers: Announce Stepped Up Activities in Their
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The 87,000 striking workers at Verizon/Bell Atlantic received a message of support and solidarity from their counterparts in Puerto Rico who are also in negotiations with Verizon and who plan a campaign of stepped up mobilization activities beginning tomorrow.
CWA Members Across Verizon Territory to Hold Mass Rallies for Fair Contract: Solidarity Events Begin
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CWA members, on strike at Verizon Communications since August 6, will hold solidarity rallies throughout Verizon territory beginning Thursday, August 10, showing their determination to win a fair contract.
Bargaining Update for 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 8: Negotiations Continue on Job Security Issues, Organ
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Negotiations are continuing between the Communications Workers of America and Verizon today, with talks getting underway early this morning and likely to continue well into the night.
Bell Atlantic Strike Helps Win Settlements for GTE/Verizon Workers
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Strike threats by units of former GTE workers at Verizon in Kentucky and Indiana have prompted contract settlements with the Communications Workers of America, and progress is also reported in bargaining at another GTE/Verizon company in western North Carolina.
CWA Bargaining Update-- 5 p.m. August 7, 2000: CWA-Verizon Talks Today Focus on Major Unresolved Iss
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Negotiations today have focused on major CWA job security issues where serious differences have slowed the overall progress of talks. Meanwhile 87,000 workers remain on strike - 72,000 represented by CWA and another 15,000 by the IBEW.