Easterling Heads UNI Women's Committee

CWA Sec.-Treas. Barbara Easterling has been elected the first-ever president of the World Women’s Committee of the global labor secretariat for telecom, professional and information sector workers — UNI (Union Network International). UNI represents more than 15 million workers in 452 unions worldwide. CWA Pres. Morton Bahr, as head of UNI’s telecom sector, and Exec. Vice Pres. Larry Cohen also attended the organization’s first World Congress in Berlin, Germany, during early September. Cohen, nominated to succeed Bahr as telecom president, set the tone for UNI’s telecom sector conference, set for Nov. 8-9 in Washington, D.C., calling for international solidarity and action in responding to the challenges of globalization.