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CWA Joins Chorus to Demand All Americans' Right to Organize
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August 1, 1998
The voices of 10,000 American workers - many of them CWA members - were raised the week of June 24 in more than 70 locations in protest against policies that make it either difficult or impossible for workers to join a union.
AT&T Pact Opens the Door to Organize TCI
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August 1, 1998
Even while AT&T prepares to wrestle with regulators and some investors over the company's late June decision to acquire Tele-Communications Inc. in a $48 billion stock deal, TCI workers are looking forward to a fairer playing field when it comes to winning union representation.
Telecom Talks Down to Wire
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August 1, 1998
CWA negotiators are addressing forced overtime and other workplace issues as well as the need for strengthening job security and improving wages and benefits in talks at five major telecommunications companies.
In My Opinion: After a Century, Battle for the 8-Hour Day Continues
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August 1, 1998
The issue that was the rallying cry for the formation of the American labor movement was establishment of the eight-hour day and 40-hour week as the national job standarAT&T-BT Deal: Unions Request Meeting on Worker Issues
The Atlantic Alliance of telecommunications unions in the U.S. and Britain welcomed the proposed partnership between AT&T and British Telecommunications (BT) and requested a joint meeting of top officials of the companies and the unions to discuss employee issues surrounding the deal.