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European Commission Puts the Brakes on MCI-WorldCom Merger
Press Release
Following is the statement of Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America, on the decision by the European Commission to conduct a Phase II, four-month investigation of the proposed mega-merger between MCI Communications and WorldCom Inc.:
Cleveland Reporters Win 1997 Heywood Broun Award: Honor recognizes outstanding journalistic achievem
Press Release
The Newspaper Guild-CWA has named the 1997 winner of its prestigious Heywood Broun award. Ted Wendling, Joan Mazzolini and Dave Davis, reporters for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, were selected for their series of articles exposing flaws in the nation's organ allocation and transplant system.
El Nino Triumph and Tragedy
News
March 1, 1998
Flooding in California, ice storms in the Northeast. The CWA family thought it had seen the worst of El Niño by Feb. 23, when tornadoes ripped across central Florida, killing two of its members.
Retired Vice President Brown Dies
News
March 1, 1998
Willard W. Brown, a one-time CWA vice president and long-time local leader and union staffer, died Jan. 27 in a hospital near the family home in Lawrenceville, Ga., at age 82.