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Reminder:
Thursday's are
RED TEE-SHIRT DAYS
stand with your union in a show of solidarity
district 2 has not agreed to
verizon's workplace attire guidelines
CWA Joe Beirne Foundation's Annual Scholarship
Applications will be solely online for completion and submission @ http://www.cwa-union.org/members/beirne.
stock market is not doing well. But Ivan Seidenberg's total compensation was $26.55
million, 25% more than last year. He also received $471,467 for his part-time jobs serving on 2 other corporate boards. VZ
stock rose 17.3% in 2007(but has lost all of that gain in 2008).
Who was the republican that made these statements?
"All that harms labor is treason to America."If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor,
he is a liar."If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool."There is no America without labor, and
to fleece the one is to rob the other."
The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest telecommunications
Union in North America, it represents 630,000 workers in public and private employment, including 500,000 workers building
the Information Highway. More than 1,200 chartered CWA local unions are affiliated. Members work and live in some 10,000 communities
in the U.S. and Canada. CWA members are employed in telecommunications, printing and media, public service, health care, cable
television, general manufacturing, electronics, gas and electric utilities, and other fields. CWA holds over 1,000 collective
bargaining agreements spelling out wages, benefits, and working conditions for its members. Among major employers of CWA members
are Verizon, Cingular Wireless, AT&T, the Regional Bell telephone companies (RBOC's), NBC, and ABC television networks,
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the state of New Jersey, and leading newspapers.
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