News

Several CWA staff, including those below, have recently retired. Staff retirement notices will continue in the next CWA News.

NABET-CWA and ABC Inc., have reached tentative agreement on new contracts covering workers in five bargaining units that previously rejected the company's December 1998 proposal.

Participants at this year's National Marketing Conference in Nashville, Tenn., explored the impact and promise of new technology and discussed ways CWA can best handle such industry practices as sales incentives, bundling and more.

Unless some serious downturn occurs soon, the last year of the 20th Century will go down in record books as the best economic year in America's history. Record stock market gains made a few people very rich; the lowest unemployment rate in 25 years gave evidence that America was back at work.

Members of CWA Locals 4400 and 4401 have overwhelmingly approved a new agreement covering 2,000 Cincinnati Bell employees which will provide nearly 12 percent in wage increases and provide substantial hikes in pension benefits over the next 30 months.