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CWA’s Former COPE Chief, Roy Purdy, Dies

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August 1, 1998
LaRoy (Roy) H. Purdy, who comfortably planted his feet in both the worlds of politics and unions, died July 1 at age 92 in a skilled nursing facility near his home in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Study Focuses on Stress, Drugs, Alcohol

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August 1, 1998
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $345,800 grant to continue and expand an occupational stress study initiated three years ago by CWA and the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore.

CWA Newsmakers

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August 1, 1998
Virgil D. Parks, who was an administrative assistant to the vice president of District 9 in CWA’s Burlingame, Calif., office, retired March 1. Parks, 61, went to work for Pacific Telesis in June 1956, in Redding, Calif., and soon became active in CWA Local 9419.

AT&T-BT Deal: Unions Request Meeting on Worker Issues

The Atlantic Alliance of telecommunications unions in the U.S. and Britain welcomed the proposed partnership between AT&T and British Telecommunications (BT) and requested a joint meeting of top officials of the companies and the unions to discuss employee issues surrounding the deal.