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CWA Tells FCC: Block Alltel Bid to 'Game the System'

Press Release
The Federal Communications Commission should reject Alltel Corp.'s request for a waiver of FCC rules because of that company's practice of "gaming the system" and using profits generated by local telephone operations to subsidize other non-regulated businesses, the Communications Workers of America

Organizing Roundup

News
March 1, 1999
Organizing victories:

  • TNG-CWA Canada Director Arnold Amber reported that The Newspaper Guild has been certified as bargaining representative for 48 editorial employees at the Leader-Post in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • CWA Model Puts ‘T’ in Victory At Baker Victory Services

    News
    March 1, 1999
    Work rules changing at a whim, no recognition for advanced degrees, inconsistency on pay for "snow days" — just a few of the "respect issues" that led one worker at Baker Victory Services-Early Childhood Program to pick up the telephone.