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SNET Members Win Major Pay Hike

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October 1, 1998
By a three-to-one margin, members of Connecticut Union of Telephone Workers/CWA Local 1298 ratified a new contract at Southern New England Telephone that provides substantial wage increases and moves workers significantly closer to industry wage and benefit standards.

CWA Strikers Beat Back Take-Backs at U S West

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October 1, 1998
After a rancorous 15-day strike, U S West finally dropped the concession demands that had provoked the walkout and agreed to a settlement providing substantial wage and benefit improvements for 35,000 workers in 13 western and midwestern states.