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Lawmakers Unveil Bipartisan "Press One For America" Bill
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November 14, 2013
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on Wednesday joined together in support of legislation that would end tax payer subsidies for corporations that send U.S. call center jobs offshore, as CWA released a report outlining massive data security issues at overseas call centers that leave Americans? personal information at risk.
Annual Alliance Participation Satisfaction Survey
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November 14, 2013
Annual Alliance Participation Satisfaction Survey
Each year The Alliance for Employee Growth and Development conducts a satisfaction survey from a sample of Alliance eligible participants from AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, and Avaya.
Offshoring Security
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November 14, 2013
CWA has released a report entitled ?Offshoring Security ? How Overseas Call Centers Threaten U.S. Jobs, Consumer Privacy and Data Security.? The document outlines how U.S. corporations ? many of whom receive millions in taxpayer subsidies ? hurt the economy here at home and put consumer personal information at risk by sending call center jobs overseas in the name of lowering labor and other business costs.
WVA Verizon Workers to Receive Jobless Benefits for 2011 Strike
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November 14, 2013
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that said CWA Verizon members at the Clarksburg call center were entitled to unemployment benefits for the two weeks in August 2011 that Verizon members were on strike.