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Union Elections Set to Begin at Lynx & Ryan Airlines
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December 4, 2008
Union election dates have been set for 230 flight attendants at Lynx Aviation and Ryan International who are seeking union representation with AFA-CWA. The union representation election for the 150 flight attendants at Ryan runs from Dec. 11 to Jan. 6, and from Dec. 15 to Jan 12 for the 87 flight attendants at Lynx.
CWA Fights for Jobs, Benefits in Extended Talks at Frontier
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December 4, 2008
Bargaining resumed on Dec. 3 on a new contract for nearly 400 CWA members at Frontier Communications in Pennsylvania as union negotiators worked past the contract's expiration to preserve jobs and members' hard-won benefits. The contract expired on Nov. 30 but both sides agreed to extend talks.
National Broadband Strategy Call to Action
Following are remarks by President Larry Cohen, Communications Workers of America, at a Capitol Hill forum on broadband strategy.
In The News: Avis Workers Overcome Language Barrier, Employer Threats to Join CWA
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December 1, 2008
Avis rental car agents at Denver International Airport overcame a language barrier and threats from management to join CWA. The vote in the NLRB election was 26-15, with all but six of the 46 workers voting. The ballot was printed in five languages.
Member to Member, Workplace to Workplace: 10,000 CWA Activists Key to Historic Turnout by Union Memb
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December 1, 2008
Union members played a huge role in the election of Barack Obama as president and more than 30 new worker-friendly lawmakers in the House and Senate.