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CWA Members at U S West Vote Strike Authorization
Press Release
Members of the Communications Workers of America at U S West have overwhelmingly voted to give union leaders authority to call a strike if negotiations between CWA and the telecom company fail to reach a fair settlement.
In My Opinion: After a Century, Battle for the 8-Hour Day Continues
News
August 1, 1998
The issue that was the rallying cry for the formation of the American labor movement was establishment of the eight-hour day and 40-hour week as the national job standarTelecom Talks Down to Wire
News
August 1, 1998
CWA negotiators are addressing forced overtime and other workplace issues as well as the need for strengthening job security and improving wages and benefits in talks at five major telecommunications companies.
AT&T Pact Opens the Door to Organize TCI
News
August 1, 1998
Even while AT&T prepares to wrestle with regulators and some investors over the company's late June decision to acquire Tele-Communications Inc. in a $48 billion stock deal, TCI workers are looking forward to a fairer playing field when it comes to winning union representation.
Coping With the "Post-Loyalty" Corporate World
News
August 1, 1998
Disconnected: How Six People from AT&T Discovered the New Meaning of Work in a Downsized Corporate America
by Barbara Rudolph
Free Press, 1998 (224 pages, $25)
Cloth, ISBN 0-684-84266-1
by Barbara Rudolph
Free Press, 1998 (224 pages, $25)
Cloth, ISBN 0-684-84266-1