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Reaping the Benefits of Cardcheck at Bell Atlantic
News
March 1, 1999
Nearly 300 workers at Bell Atlantic Directory Graphics in Valley Forge, Pa. will become CWA members under a major organizing campaign conducted under the cardcheck and neutrality rules the union negotiated in its 1998 Bell Atlantic contract.
OSHA Investigation Underway at Helena Labs
News
March 1, 1999
Exposure to hepatitis and the HIV virus. Constant skin irritation from contact with blood products and acids. Dangerous levels of mercury in the air. Blood wastes dumped into the public sewage system.
Heywood Broun Award Goes to Reporter Who Solved 33-Year-Old Klan Murder Case
Press Release
The 1998 Heywood Broun Award for distinguished journalism has been won by Jerry Mitchell, reporter for The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, for extensive reporting on the Ku Klux Klan that resulted in the murder conviction of Imperial Wizard Sam Bowers.
Communications Workers Endorse Gore for President
Press Release
The 630,000-member Communications Workers of America today announced its endorsement of Vice President Al Gore for President of the United States in 2000.
Majority Block of ABC Broadcast Union Rejects Contract: Proposal Fails in Engineering and Four Other
Press Release
New York - Broadcast employees and technicians at ABC rejected the television and radio network's "final" contract proposal in a vote today, reported officials of the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-Communications Workers of America (NABET-CWA).