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The Demise of Unions and The American Dream! (Re-Print)
CWA District 3 Local Presidents from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, representing CWA/AT$T bargaining uni...
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Barack Obama Goes Populist In the Home Stretch
"In his victory speech last night, Obama hammered the North American Free Trade Agreement, previewing a major economic speech today. Here are some excerpts: "It's a Washingt...
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AT$T: Legally Recognized Partners
Please Click below to download letter (PDF) from Lori J. Smith, Director, AT&T-Labor Relations, on a plan modification to the following benefit plans, effective March 1, 2008:...
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AT$T Unilateral Work Intergration Violates All CWA & IBEW Contracts!
We have been informed by both the company and numerous AT&T Legacy T Locals that the company will be fully integrating the work of Legacy T Article 43 Techs and their counterparts ...
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AT$T LEGACY T RETIREES SENT TERMINATION NOTICE FROM AETNA!
We received the following Labor Notice from AT&T earlier today. Apparently, Hewitt, AT&T's Plan Administrator sent termination of coverage notices to Aetna for 1,400 Legacy T Reti...
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Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund For 2008 -2009!
The fund was established by a unanimous vote at the 1999 CWA District 4 Meeting in memory of District 4 Vice President Emeritus Robert D. Johnson. A random drawing is used to sele...
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2007 Performance Award (APA) for Represented Occupational Employees AT$T Legacy T
The 2007 APA for Represented Occupational Employees will reflect a payout of 117% based on year-end financial performance. Based on these results, the full-year equivalent award f...
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2007 Team Performance Award and COLA Increase AT$T Legacy S
We just received notice from at&t that their financial results for 2007 was 95%. Thus, the award will be $500.00 and should be received by our members no later than the first pay ...
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The Politics of Hopelessness! BY: David Sirota
"You were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart." - Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton on 1/22/08. The exchange lasted about 3 seconds - if you flipped the channe...
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Surge to Nowhere! By: Andrew J. Bacevich
"In short, the surge has done nothing to overturn former secretary of state Colin Powell's now-famous "Pottery Barn" rule: Iraq is irretrievably broken, and we own it. To say that ...
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