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Pinnacle Airlines Flight Attendants Join AFA-CWA
News
July 19, 2012
Flight Attendants at Pinnacle Airlines this week voted to join AFA-CWA, adding 1,800 members at the newly merged carrier.
Continental Flight Attendants Ratify New Tentative Agreement
News
July 19, 2012
Ten thousand Continental Flight Attendants have ratified a contract extension with United, the AFA Continental Master Executive Council announced last Friday.
Save the Date: CWA Customer Service Professionals Conference
News
July 19, 2012
CWA Customer Service Professionals will meet Oct. 14-17 in St. Louis.
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
Press Release
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.