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588 AT&T Customer Care Reps Vote CWA in New Hampshire
News
January 3, 2008
Concerned over the lack of job security, poor wages, and exorbitant health care costs, a unit of 588 customer care workers at an AT&T Government Solutions center in Dover, New Hampshire, gained representation with CWA Local 1298 through majority card check. According to the state AFL-CIO it was the largest private sector organizing win in New Hampshire since 1966. The workers process passport applications under an AT&T contract with the U.S. Department of State.
Maine FairPoint Settlement Fails to Protect Public Interest; Battle Shifts to Regulators in New Hamp
Press Release
The Maine Public Utilities Commission approved a previously labeled “partial, contested” settlement of the sale of Verizon Communications operations to FairPoint Communications subject to certain additional requirements in late night deliberations on January 3. CWA and IBEW had urged commis
ESSP Termination
News
January 2, 2008
Please see below, message from Avaya regarding the ESSP Termination.
Alcatel-Lucent to Pay $2.5M in Fines to Settle Charges It Bribed Chinese Officials
News
January 2, 2008
While our members continue to lose their jobs, because the company states the cost is too high, the senior leadership allows this kind of inept management costing millions in fines.
Cohen on Health Care Panel: ‘Health Care Crisis Demands Strategies, Not Tactics’
News
January 1, 2008
The agreement with the Auto Workers to fund retiree health benefits