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CWA Filing Prompts Job Guarantees at Commonwealth Tel
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February 1, 2007
Citizens Frontier has agreed to job protections for CWA workers in its bid to buy Commonwealth Telephone operations in Pennsylvania.
Rochester Members Fight for Health Care, Job Security
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January 25, 2007
Battling demands for major health care cost shifting and job security concessions, members of Local 1170 voted 400-8 this week to authorize a strike at Citizens Frontier Communications in Rochester, N.Y.
CWA Officers Join Trek to Save New York Hospitals
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January 25, 2007
Joined by CWA President Larry Cohen and District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton for the final leg, about 40 members of Local 1168 are set to complete a 320-mile walk from Buffalo to Albany tomorrow morning to save hospitals and jobs in Western New York.
Arbitrator Reverses Reporter's Suspension, Rebukes Paper
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January 25, 2007
In a victory for the St. Louis Newspaper Guild-CWA, an arbitrator has revoked a reporter's two-day suspension and blasted the company's failure to comply with progressive disciplinary procedures spelled out in the Guild contract.
Most Americans Support Unions, Terms of Free Choice Act
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January 25, 2007
Personal financial worries and a disgust with greedy employers has a growing majority of Americans favoring unions and condemning the threats, bullying and firings used to thwart workers' organizing and bargaining rights.