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Long Island Aerospace Workers Settle 10-Day Strike
News
March 1, 2003
A new four-year contract improving wages and holding the line on employees' health care costs ended a 10-day strike in February by IUE-CWA members at Kerns Manufacturing, a Long Island, N.Y., aerospace industry parts supplier.
Verizon Directory Workers Win Tentative First Contract
News
March 1, 2003
Following an epic organizing struggle and a 10-month bargaining mobilization effort, 1,700 Verizon Information Services directory workers in the former Bell Atlantic/Nynex region will be voting shortly on a tentative first contract.
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CWA Tells FCC: Preserve Media Diversity, Ownership
Press Release
To best preserve the widest possible dissemination and diversity of information to the public, the Federal Communications Commission should safeguard the media from consolidation into fewer hands, Linda Foley, president of The Newspaper Guild-Communications Workers of America, told FCC commissioners
CWA Prompts New GE Executive Pay Formula
News
February 24, 2003
In response to a CWA shareholder proposal, GE, agrees to exclude pension fund income when determining executive compensation.
Ergonomics Committee's Mission Limited to Advice
News
February 24, 2003
OSHA Administrator John Henshaw makes it clear members of the new National Advisory Committee on Ergonomics can only make recommendations for workplace ergonomics guidelines, outreach and research. Enforcement, or even the mere discussion of regulations, is beyond the committee's scope.