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CWA Bargaining Teams Take on Avaya, OFS
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May 28, 2009
CWA members at both Avaya and OFS – Optical Fiber Solutions -- voted overwhelmingly for strike authorization if fair contracts can't be reached in negotiations.
CWA Everyday Hero: Norm Howard, CWA Local 6012
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May 28, 2009
Norm Howard didn't hesitate for a moment last week when he saw smoke about 50 feet away from his city water department truck in a Stillwater, Okla., neighborhood. He backed up, spotted flames coming from a single-story home, called in the fire and ran toward it.
Report Bolsters Case for Majority Sign-Up, Exposes Corporate Lies
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May 28, 2009
A new report by four leading universities provides more definitive proof that majority sign up does not cause union or employer intimidation.
In fact, the findings indicate that a lack of intimidation by either side – as well as a clear path to forming a union -- allows workplaces to function more smoothly with no friction.
TNG-CWA's Lunzer Speaks in Iraq on Importance of Free Press and Media Unions
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May 28, 2009
TNG-CWA President Bernie Lunzer and TNG-CWA member Rob Davila, a copy editor at the Seattle Times, joined hundreds of international journalists at a conference in Baghdad last weekend to promote a free press in Iraq's emerging democracy.