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Local 6171 Scores Victories at Century Tel, Windstream

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July 17, 2008
CWA Local 6171 in Krum, Texas, used mobilization to achieve major contract protections for workers at Century Tel and also won a substantial settlement recently for workers who previously had been laid off by Windstream.

Guild Files NLRB Charges Over Retaliatory Firings after Drive

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July 17, 2008
Responding to the retaliatory firings last week of 29 northern California newspaper workers who had just formed a new bargaining unit, The Newspaper Guild-CWA this week filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board.

Labor Dept. Slammed for Mishandling Wage Violation Cases

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July 17, 2008
Through lax enforcement and the mishandling of cases, the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division is allowing employers to get away with wage theft, according to a report released this week by the General Accountability Office.