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Private Prisons: Public Nightmare
News
December 1, 1997
There's been an explosion in the for-profit prison industry, as states and counties look to contracting out of prison services as a way to cut costs.
University of California Health Care Professionals Vote for CWA Representation
Press Release
Health care professionals at the five medical centers of the University of California voted by a two-to-one margin to join the Communications Workers of America.
"Global Outlaw" Sprint Must Be Stopped Union Leaders Protest Anti-Worker Tactics of Telecom Firms
Press Release
MONTREAL, CANADA --
More than a thousand trade unionists here demonstrated against Sprint Corp. and labeled the telecommunications firm a "global outlaw" for its abuse of workers' rights.
More than a thousand trade unionists here demonstrated against Sprint Corp. and labeled the telecommunications firm a "global outlaw" for its abuse of workers' rights.
Newspaper Workers Take On Knight-Ridder Community, solidarity rallies focus on company's anti-union
Press Release
Employees at Knight-Ridder Inc.-owned newspapers in nearly a dozen communities will protest the company's actions that are threatening the jobs of some 190 workers at the Monterey Herald in demonstrations on Thursday, August 21.
Statement by CWA President Morton Bahr Regarding Job Issues at Bell Atlantic and NYNEX
Press Release
CWA has a written agreement with Bell Atlantic and NYNEX that guarantees there will be no involuntary layoffs of union members, and which greatly limits the transfer of personnel, as a result of the merger. This agreement runs through August 30, 1998.