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Rochester Local President Bob Flavin Remembered
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January 1, 2000
More than 1,400 people crowded into Our Lady of Mercy Church in Rochester, N.Y. on Nov. 8 to bid farewell to widely respected labor leader Robert J. Flavin, president of Rochester, Local 1170.
California Universities Scrap Hospital Privatization
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January 1, 2000
After a two-year campaign by UPTE/CWA Local 9119, District 9 and the union's Public and Health Care Workers Sector, San Francisco is getting its community hospital back, the local is regaining 200 health care members, and 300 administrative employees are once again likely candidates for CWA represen
New Jersey CWAer Charges Election Day Assault
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January 1, 2000
A CWA shop steward who was campaigning for Democrats on Election Day in northeast New Jersey was shoved and threatened by two armed men he has identified as sheriff's deputies, charges that federal authorities are investigating.
Adelphia Pact Closing the Pay Gap for Cable Workers
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January 1, 2000
Workers at Adelphia Cable in Los Angeles made a big leap toward closing the pay gap between cable and telecom workers with a new contract that delivers an immediate wage boost averaging 33 percent.
First Pact in Halifax Boosts Newsroom Pay by Up to $30,000
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January 1, 2000
Members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald in Nova Scotia were hours away from striking in mid-November when the paper's nervous management offered a first contract that will boost some workers' salaries by as much as $30,000 over the next four years.