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CWA Board Authorizes Union President to Set Strike Date at Bell Atlantic
Press Release
With less than a week left to resolve outstanding issues in contract talks between the Communications Workers of America and Bell Atlantic, CWA's Executive Board today voted to give union President Morton Bahr authority to call a strike if settlement isn't reached by midnight, August 8.
Winners Set for College with Union Scholarships
News
August 1, 1998
High school graduates have barely cast aside their caps and gowns, yet for many the onset of college and accompanying expense is just weeks away.
CWA Newsmakers
News
August 1, 1998
Virgil D. Parks, who was an administrative assistant to the vice president of District 9 in CWA’s Burlingame, Calif., office, retired March 1. Parks, 61, went to work for Pacific Telesis in June 1956, in Redding, Calif., and soon became active in CWA Local 9419.
Study Focuses on Stress, Drugs, Alcohol
News
August 1, 1998
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a $345,800 grant to continue and expand an occupational stress study initiated three years ago by CWA and the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore.
CWA’s Former COPE Chief, Roy Purdy, Dies
News
August 1, 1998
LaRoy (Roy) H. Purdy, who comfortably planted his feet in both the worlds of politics and unions, died July 1 at age 92 in a skilled nursing facility near his home in Palm Harbor, Fla.