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AT&T Loses First Round in Bid to End Toll-Free Directory Assistance
News
January 1, 2000
Responding to the objections of CWA members and consumers, the Federal Communications Commission denied an automatic grant of AT&T's bid to eliminate toll-free directory assistance service and called for further investigation.
Regulators Taking Careful Look at Sprint Merger
News
January 1, 2000
The proposed merger of Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom is getting tough scrutiny from regulators, with some indicating that the merger might not gain approval from the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Communications Commission.
Sprint Members Take Issues to the Public
News
January 1, 2000
Sprint locals in North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Oregon were in the process of taking a strike authorization vote as the CWA News went to press, even though a small unit of Sprint workers in Pennsylvania had voted to ratify a tentative agreement.
In My Opinion: "CWA Triangle," Key to Managing Change
News
January 1, 2000
Despite the debate over when the third millennium officially begins (this January 1 or in 2001?), we're joining the rest of the media in marking the occasion now.
US Airways Passenger Service Employees Approve First Contract By Overwhelming Vote
Press Release
Passenger service employees at US Airways, members of the Communications Workers of America, overwhelmingly ratified their first contract with the airline, with a 75 percent "yes" vote in the mail ballot election.