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CWA Charges Comcast on Bad Faith Bargaining
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October 12, 2004
CWA filed charges with the NLRB over Comcast Corp.'s bad faith bargaining that resulted in workers in the Pittsburgh area being forced to accept a layoff or face future job losses with no severance support.
Lucent Talks Open with Health Care Challenge
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October 12, 2004
Lucent Technologies' attacks on retiree health care took center stage as joint bargaining opened in Washington, D.C. and as Exec. VP Larry Cohen addressed a Health Care Action Week crowd in Cleveland.
Workers' Memorial Day: National Labor College
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October 8, 2004
Please join us at the National Labor College as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day on April 28. As you will see on the attached flyer, the program begins with a 1 p.m. seminar on "Winning Benefits and Compensation for Those Whose Health Was Damaged in Rescue and Cleanup at the World Trade Center." The panel will have activists and victims from the tragedy. At 2:30 we will begin a candlelight ceremony remembering those who have died from workplace injury and illness.
Layoff Numbers Soar, Up 45 Percent from Last Month
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October 5, 2004
Announced job cuts in September, numbering 107,863, leaped by 45 percent from the August figure and hit an 8-month high.
President's Son, John Eisenhower, Endorses Kerry
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October 4, 2004
A lifelong Republican until now, John Eisenhower, 82-year-old son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, explained in a guest column in the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader why he plans to vote for John Kerry this year.