News

We have just been notified of the 2009 Avaya Mileage Rates based on the IRS allowable rate.

AT&T has notified the Union of an ATS test change. The AT&T Core-Tab test has been eliminated and replaced by the Telephone Ability Battery (TAB) test.

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.

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.

By a four-to-one margin, 540 hospital workers voted for CWA representation at the St. Mary's Hospital in Reno, Nev., following a year-long campaign, reported District 9 Vice President Tony Bixler.