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Fresh from their protest appearance outside the Academy Award telecast in Los Angeles on March 23, NABET-CWA members staged raucous rallies in three other major cities eight days later in a further show of determination to win a new contract with ABC-TV, part of the giant Disney Co. conglomerate.

CWA President Morton Bahr, in his role as chairman of the AFL-CIO’s Department of Public Employees, recently accused information technology (IT) managers of “crying wolf” on alleged shortages of skilled workers.

While management at AllTel Corp., the Little Rock, Ark.-based telephone company, continues to stiff-arm CWA attempts to reach agreements on new contracts, the company is throwing around money like a drunken sailor.

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CWA’s Telecom Bargaining Web Site was established to provide members with easy access to bargaining information about major negotiations this year.