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American Airlines Agents Seek Union Representation
Press Release
The Communications Workers of America has petitioned the National Mediation Board to hold a representation election among some 15,000 passenger service professionals at American Airlines operations nationwide. The NMB will review the petition and set terms for a mail ballot election.
CWA FIRSTS: Fairness Hits the Airwaves
News
October 1, 1998
Two groups of workers represented by NABET-CWA have landed first contracts, solidifying bargaining units they won through tough organizing campaigns.
Larry Cohen Elected Executive Vice President
News
October 1, 1998
Delegates to the CWA convention elected Larry Cohen as executive vice president. Cohen, who has served as CWA organizing director and assistant to the president, won election over CWA District 7 Vice President Sue Pisha. He succeeds M.E.
Battle Against Gov. Whitman’s Cronyism Continues
News
October 1, 1998
Even as the state of New Jersey started spewing out layoff notices like pieces of confetti on Sept. 21, CWA members and local officers were fighting back with a mock New Orleans-style funeral to protest the death of state-run auto inspections.
Phil Padgett Dies at Age 62
News
October 1, 1998
Phil C. Padgett, who guide CWA’s Western Electric Installation bargaining unit through the rocky shoals of Bell System divestiture in the mid-1980s, died on Aug. 24 in Palm Valley, Fla., near St. Augustine.