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NACTEL Distance Learning Fits Members' Working Family Lifestyles
News
June 1, 2003
Local 2109 member Shannon Ray Peterson balances parenting an 11-year-old with his duties as a Verizon systems technician, and spends several hours a day commuting. A single parent, he hoped for a better job closer to home but knew he needed a college degree.
In My Opinion: Corporate Health Care "Free-riders" Drive Up Costs
News
June 1, 2003
The number of Americans without health care coverage now has risen to 45 million, as mounting joblessness and double-digit medical inflation squeezes more and more families out of the system.
CWA Reaches Three-Year Agreement with Avaya
Press Release
Washington, D.C. -- The Communications Workers of America has reached a tentative three-year agreement with Avaya that provides wage and pension improvements, protects retiree health care and enhances employment security, among other gains.
CWA Members Stand Strong in Strike at Verizon NC
News
May 30, 2003
CWA Local 3673 President Tommy Pool said the strike by 150 members at Verizon Carolina, the former GTE unit, is "one hundred percent solid."