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Car horns blared and baseball caps were tossed into the street as more than 300 strikers and supporters on Aug. 13 let scabs know that after a two-week shutdown planned by New Era, they are still unwelcome at the cap manufacturer’s Derby, N.Y., plant.

CWA bargaining teams reached tentative three-year agreements with Verizon Southwest and Verizon Supply, formerly GTE, on Aug.16 after talks were extended 24 hours past contract expiration.

Three-Year Contract Addresses Workers’ Stress in Call Centers

Delegates to the 2001 CWA convention designated this month as CWA-COPE Month, calling for a special push to encourage members to sign up for payroll check-off contributions of at least $1 per week to CWA’s political

Two CWA members who took extraordinary action to save lives last year after a fatal traffic accident and a potentially deadly car fire have been awarded the prestigious Vail Award by Verizon, their employer. Mark Campbell of Local 2003, a cable splicing technician in Parkersburg, W.