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CWA's Easterling to Head Women's Committee of Global Trade Union Secretariat
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BERLIN, GERMANY - Barbara Easterling, Secretary-Treasurer of the Communications Workers of America, has been elected the first-ever president of the World Women's Committee of the global labor secretariat for telecom, professional and information sector workers - UNI (Union Network International).
Fight Against "Fast Track" Continues as Vote Looms
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September 1, 2001
Labor’s intense summer campaign to defeat “fast track” trade legislation forced the U.S. House to postpone its vote on the bill until September, but the fight is far from over.
Saving Social Security
News
September 1, 2001
With a sign proclaiming “Social Security Works,” CWA Legislative Representative Rosie Torres joins fellow CWA and other union members at a rally July 24 to oppose President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security.
Labor Day a Click Away
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September 1, 2001
The AFL-CIO’s new-fangled, old-fashioned Labor Day celebration is back. For the second year, the federation is bringing rousing speeches, games, music, polls and all sorts of other Labor Day activities to the Internet.
CWA Activists Travel to Canada To Study Health Care System
News
September 1, 2001
Healthcare reform was the focus as Buffalo, N.Y., CWA members and fellow activists headed to Toronto in August to learn how Canada finances and provides health services.