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2018 AT&T LEGACY T BARGAINING OPENING REMARKS
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CWA MEMBERS IN VIRGINIA / WEST VIRGINIA ON STRIKE AT FRONTIER
We received the following message from District 2 - 13 Vice President Mooney:
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Big Banks Benefit from Tax Bill, Aggressively Offshore American Jobs
The banking industry is among the biggest beneficiaries from the Republican tax bill passed in December 2017. Yet many U.S. banks have been aggressively offshoring U.S. jobs, especially in the call center and customer service industry, to low-wage countries. Despite these offshoring practices, and their financial windfall from the tax bill, there is no movement from the big banks to return jobs from overseas. In fact, leading analysts believe that the tax bill will encourage the additional offshoring of American jobs.
Frontier Communications Workers in West Virginia and Virginia on Strike to Save Good Jobs and Protect Service Quality
After ten months of negotiations, members of the Communications Workers of America have not been able to reach agreement on a fair contract with Frontier Communications. As a result, 1,400 Frontier Communications workers in West Virginia and in Ashburn, VA went on strike at 12:01 am on Sunday, March 4.
Thousands of CWAers Mobilize for Working People's Day of Action
Thousands of CWA members in more than 30 cities across the country took to the streets on Saturday for the Working People's Day of Action to demand an end to an economy that's rigged in favor of the wealthiest and most powerful.