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Easterling Receives Two Honors for Community Service
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May 22, 2008
CWA Secretary-Treasurer Barbara J. Easterling was honored recently by two major organizations for her support for community organizations and causes.
Newspaper Guild Banquet Honors the Best in Journalism
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May 22, 2008
The Newspaper Guild-CWA celebrated the best in journalism Wednesday night at the annual Freedom Fund Award banquet, whose honorees included a BBC journalist who was held hostage in the Gaza Strip for four months and Washington Post reporters who exposed abusive conditions at Walter Reed Medical Center.
Guild Election Set for June for Bay Area Newspaper Workers
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May 22, 2008
Workers eager for a union at the San Francisco Bay Area's largest newspaper chain will cast ballots June 13 under an agreement reached with MediaNews Group management.
By Huge Margin, House Votes to Make Flight Attendants FMLA Eligible
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May 22, 2008
With unprecedented bipartisan support from Republicans and Democrats, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly, 402 to 9, to approve AFA-CWA-supported legislation that will enable flight attendants and pilots to be eligible for coverage under the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Workers at FairPoint, Translators, Day-Care Workers Join CWA
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May 22, 2008
More than 300 workers gained CWA representation last week during separate organizing victories in New England, New York and California.