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Help Striking FairPoint Families This Holiday Season
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December 11, 2014
Soon, 1,800 CWA and IBEW members will be entering the ninth week of their strike at FairPoint Communications locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Let's make sure these valiant union members, who had the courage to strike, can provide for their families this holiday season.
Protests Beset TPP Negotiations
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December 11, 2014
CWAers joined hundreds of activists from labor, environmental, consumer, human rights, public health, Internet freedom, faith and family farm groups in a week of protests outside the office of the United States Trade Representative against the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal under negotiation inside.
CWA Commends Confirmation of Lauren McFerran to NLRB
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December 11, 2014
The Senate voted 54-40 Monday night to confirm Lauren McFerran as a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Supreme Court Denies Amazon Warehouse Workers Pay for Security Screening
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December 11, 2014
In a 9-0 vote, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday morning that employers don't have to pay its employees for the time they spend waiting in line for security checkpoints at the end of their shifts.
Standing Strong at Verizon, Then and Now
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December 11, 2014
In 2015, workers at Verizon East are bargaining for a new contract.