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Crystal Lee Sutton, the Real-Life "Norma Rae," Is Dead at 68
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October 9, 2009
Crystal Lee Sutton, the union organizer whose real-life stand on her worktable at a textile factory in North Carolina in 1973 was the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie "Norma Rae," died recently in Burlington, N.C. She was 68.
CWA: Health Care Reform Must 'Make Employers Who Don't Pay, Pay'
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October 8, 2009
There's a lot of momentum in CWA's campaign to block any tax on health care and instead to make sure that those employers who don't provide any health care to employees pay.
Retired Dist. 7 VP Louise Caddell Passes Away
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October 8, 2009
The CWA family is mourning retired District 7 Vice President Louise Caddell who died Oct. 4.
USA 3000 Flight Attendants Vote AFA-CWA, Union Files for Election at Frontier
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October 8, 2009
An overwhelming majority of the 114 flight attendants at the charter airline USA 3000 voted for AFA-CWA representation this week. They join their 240 colleagues at Lynx Aviation and Ryan International who voted earlier this year for an AFA-CWA voice.
October is Customer Service Professionals Month
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October 8, 2009
October is Customer Service Professionals month and CWA is working with unions around the world to recognize these workers' professionalism and the need for strong bargaining and organizing rights.