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NewsGuild, Elected Officials Rally to Save El Diario

28 Jan, 2016

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28 Jan, 2016

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NewsGuild, Elected Officials Rally to Save El Diario

The News Guild of New York, CWA Local 31003, rallied on the steps of City Hall Wednesday morning to protest the latest round of layoffs that have gutted El Diario/La Prensa, the mainland's oldest Spanish-language newspaper.

NewsGuild, Elected Officials Rally to Save El Diario

CWA Testifies Against Altice-Cablevision Deal at NYC Hearings

CWA Testifies Against Altice-Cablevision Deal at NYC Hearings

28 Jan, 2016

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CWA Testifies Against Altice-Cablevision Deal at NYC Hearings

Customers, advocates and workers testified against the Altice-Cablevision deal at New York State Public Service Commission hearings this week. In the Hudson Valley and the Bronx, they voiced their concerns about how European cable company Altice's move to buy Cablevision would negatively affect jobs and customer service.

CWA Testifies Against Altice-Cablevision Deal at NYC Hearings

NYC Traffic Agents Reach 7-Year Tentative Agreement

26 Jan, 2016

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26 Jan, 2016

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NYC Traffic Agents Reach 7-Year Tentative Agreement

New York City traffic enforcement agents, members of CWA Local 1182, reached a tentative seven-year agreement with the city that includes raises and a signing bonus. The 2,100 agents issue parking tickets and direct traffic throughout the city.

NYC Traffic Agents Reach 7-Year Tentative Agreement

100 Community Leaders, CWAers Call for Justice at Catholic Health

25 Jan, 2016

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25 Jan, 2016

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100 Community Leaders, CWAers Call for Justice at Catholic Health

The pressure for justice at Catholic Health in Western New York is is growing both locally and across the nation. On January 1, 100 community leaders in the Greater Buffalo area published an ad in the Buffalo News calling attention to a recent report by the Workers? Rights Board of Buffalo?s Coalition for Economic Justice which exposes multiple areas where Catholic Health has strayed from its mission and stated values. Catholic Health's behavior has had serious impact on the community and the 3,000 CWA members who work there.

100 Community Leaders, CWAers Call for Justice at Catholic Health

Sen. Schumer Urges Verizon to Re-Hire Unjustly Fired Verizon Wireless Worker

Sen. Schumer Urges Verizon to Re-Hire Unjustly Fired Verizon Wireless Worker

25 Jan, 2016

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Sen. Schumer Urges Verizon to Re-Hire Unjustly Fired Verizon Wireless Worker

At a rally on January 22 U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer joined CWA members in Brooklyn, NY to demand Verizon Wireless re-hire illegally fired union activist Bianca Cunningham and settle fair contracts.

Sen. Schumer Urges Verizon to Re-Hire Unjustly Fired Verizon Wireless Worker

Verizon Regional Bargaining Report #45

Verizon Regional Bargaining Report #45

21 Jan, 2016

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Verizon Regional Bargaining Report #45

CWA District 1/IBEW Local 2213 and IBEW New England Regional Committees met this week at the Rye Town Hilton in Westchester. In our last bargaining report we informed you that after high level discussions between the Union and the Company during the last few weeks the Union bargaining committee gave the Company a proposal which addressed both parties? needs. This week the Company rejected the Unions proposal and gave another unacceptable proposal to the Union.

Verizon Regional Bargaining Report #45