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CWA Petitions Maryland Public Service Commission to Investigate Verizon Service Quality
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November 19, 2015
CWA is calling on the Maryland Public Service Commission to re-open investigation into the quality of service on Verizon's copper network, the primary network serving much of the state, including Baltimore.
CWAers Call Out Windstream for Extreme Health Care Demands
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November 19, 2015
CWA members and supporters rallied outside Windstream Communications' corporate headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., this week, calling on the company to back off its outrageous demands for cuts in workers' health care.
A Year After Caseworker Stabbing, Leah's Law Moves Forward
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November 19, 2015
The fight to better protect New Jersey Department of Children and Families workers took a great leap forward on Monday when a state legislature committee unanimously approved "Leah's Law," a bill that would require police officers to be stationed inside state child welfare offices.
NLRB Sees through El Vocero's Union-Busting Bankruptcy Scheme
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November 19, 2015
Like many other U.S. corporations, the owners of El Vocero newspaper in Puerto Rico were using bankruptcy to try to shed its obligations, including to its union employees. But the National Labor Relations Board has slammed on the brakes.
CWA Charges Alcatel-Lucent with Illegally Raiding Retirees' Health Care Money
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November 19, 2015
CWA has filed for a temporary restraining order against Alcatel-Lucent to block its illegal plans to use money slated for retirees' health care to cover its own pension funding obligations. The motion was filed Nov. 18 in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey.