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TNG-CWA Locals Win Key Legal Battles

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December 1, 2010
TNG-CWA members are keeping up the fight for job rights ? and winning: ? A panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld $5 million in damages for Chinese Daily News workers who faced harassment, threats and firings while trying to organize with Local 9400 beginning in 2001. The battle led to a lawsuit over unpaid overtime and no breaks. TNG-CWA called the ruling a ?great precedent,? confirming that most reporters are covered by wage and hour law.