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CWA President Morton Bahr Announces Retirement in August 2005; Board Endorses New Leadership Team He
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – Morton Bahr, who has served as president of the 700,000-member Communications Workers of America since 1985, announced to delegates at the union's annual convention here that he will retire at the end of his term one year from now.
Fired Comcast Worker Regains Job, Back Pay Under NLRB Settlement
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Washington, D.C. – Stephen White, who was spotlighted at the Democratic National Convention as a victim of growing corporate abuses against workers, won reinstatement to his job at Comcast Corp.
CWA Convention Opens at Anaheim Convention Center Aug. 30
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At the convention center, contact Jeff Miller or Candice Johnson, CWA Communications, at 714-765-2026, 2027, 2028, 2029.
Hundreds Decry Bush Assault on Overtime
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August 25, 2004
CWA members and hundreds of other unionists protested the Bush administration's rollback of workers' overtime rights. The U.S. Department of Labor building, site of the protest, was denounced by one activist as "the scene of the crime."
Verizon Wireless Joins Right Wing Attack
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August 20, 2004
As expected, CWA's neutrality and card check recognition agreement with Verizon Wireless expired August 17 with no prospect of renewing - let alone improving - the language negotiated as part of the 2000 round of Verizon bargaining.