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      <title>Training rolls out for rank and file members</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bargaining has become increasingly more difficult in recent times especially since the ATT takeover.  In order to secure the best contract possible we must be assured that our members support bargaining and are willing to engage in activities that will give us leverage at the bargaining table.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-14T15:49:40+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Activists Rally Against VeriGreedy Verizon</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/activists_rally_against_verigreedy_verizon/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A coalition of Locals from District 3 descended on Verizon&#39;s annual shareholders meeting on Thursday, May 3, protesting the company&#39;s excessive corporate greed and war against the middle class. Protesters from the 99 Percent Spring Coalition came from as far away as New Orleans and New York City to rally in front the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-05-04T15:40:59+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Local 3176 - CenturyLink (Winter Park)&nbsp; - Bargaining Report #1</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Your bargaining team, consisting of Bill Eberhardt, Paul Gallant, Bob Kelley, and Greg Douglas met with the company on May 1st, 2nd, 2012.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-05-04T14:18:09+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #13</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Premise Tech Bargaining Team met in caucus on April 25, 2012 preparing to meet with the Company.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2012-04-27T19:45:20+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Legacy T Bargaining - Mobilization Report - April 9, 2012</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the At&amp;T Legacy T contract expired April 7, members around the country prepared for a Midnight Strike.   When the word came down from the bargaining team that we will continue to work without a contract while negotiations continue; MOBILIZATION PHASE 3 kicked into action]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-10T17:43:20+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Legacy T Contract Expiration - Rally and Bargaining Report</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_legacy_t_contract_expiration_-_rally_and_bargaining_report/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Officers and members of Local 3250 spent Saturday night at the Local showing support for their Bargaining Team in Washington.  The contract was set to expire at midnight on Saturday night.  An agreement has not been reached and at this time, CWA members at AT&amp;T Legacy will continue to work, though that can change at any time.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-09T13:40:10+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Legacy T Local 3108 Rally in Orlando</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_legacy_t_local_3108_rally_in_orlando/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Members of Local 3108 in Orlando rallied for a fair and justice contract on April 3, 2012.  The contract expires on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at midnight.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-04-05T13:35:36+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #12</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_12/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After several conference calls the Premise Technicians Bargaining Team will return to Atlanta on April 24th to make final preparations]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-23T20:00:17+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Legacy T Bargaining Reports</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_legacy_t_bargaining_reports/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T Legacy T Contract Expires on April 7, 2012.  To read updates on bargaining]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-09T20:55:33+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ALABAMA CENTURY LINK BARGAINING REPORT #4</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alabama_century_link_bargaining_report_4/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The union and company have considered many issues today and have a TA on most all proposals except economic and Healthcare issues.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-09T17:10:11+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Alabama Century Link Bargaining Report #3</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alabama_century_link_bargaining_report_3/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We did TA several more issues today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-08T15:43:03+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Alabama Century Link Bargaining Report #2</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alabama_century_link_bargaining_report_2/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Today we did reach a few Tenative Agreements on a few of the proposals. The first was adding another day to Bereavement leave for immediate family members to 5 scheduled work days.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T14:45:05+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Alabama CenturyLink Bargaining Report #1</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/alabama_centurylink_bargaining_report_1/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[We met with the company this morning around 8:30 A.M. We started with the company giving us 20 proposals we then gave the company our 23 proposals.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-07T14:39:59+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA District 6 - Mobility Bargaining - Tentative Agreement</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_district_6_-_mobility_bargaining_-_tentative_agreement/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CWA Committee and the Company Committee met on Saturday, March 3, 2012, and continued working through the night.  On Sunday, March 4, the Union Committee continued negotiations with the Company and reached a tentative agreement.  Listed below are some of the details of the tentative agreement:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-05T14:11:04+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Mobility Bargaining - CWA District 6</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_mobility_bargaining_-_cwa_district_6/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[CWA District 6 started bargaining with AT&amp;T Mobility on January 31, 2012.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-03-02T15:32:46+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>AT&amp;T Legacy T Bargaining</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_legacy_t_bargaining/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Bargaining for AT&amp;T Legacy T, SNET (District 1), Ameritech (District 4) and PacBell (District 9) kicked off today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-29T21:07:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Ver.di, T-Mobile USA Workers Document Campaign of Fear</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ver.di_t-mobile_usa_workers_document_campaign_of_fear/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ver.di_t-mobile_usa_workers_document_campaign_of_fear/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[German and US workers came together for a week of discussion and action to help T&#45;Mobile USA workers gain CWA representation.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-24T18:22:36+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #11</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_11/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_11/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Although we have not reached an agreement on a full PT contract, we have agreed upon several issues while continuing to bargain.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-06T19:26:33+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>131 Florida workers vote CWA (Embarq/CenturyLink Technician)</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/131_fl_workers_vote_cwa/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/131_fl_workers_vote_cwa/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[District 3 Organizing Coordinator Liz Roberson reports that the election for 131 Embarq/CenryLink Technician resulted in a win with the vote of 60 yes and 59 no votes with 1 challenged ballot.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-02-02T15:38:33+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Bring Call Center Jobs Back Home</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bring_call_center_jobs_back_home/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bring_call_center_jobs_back_home/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tell Congress to support The United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Bill]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-01-13T16:30:44+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Message from Judy Dennis, Vice President, District 3</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/message_from_judy_dennis_vice_president_district_3/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/message_from_judy_dennis_vice_president_district_3/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of you and your families a happy and blessed holiday season and New Year.  We will face many challenges in 2012 with numerous contracts expiring]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-12-15T18:09:31+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #10</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_10/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ninety percent (90%) of the requested information for Premise Tech Bargaining has been received.  After review, the information has been forwarded to our Research Team in Washington, DC to formulate a new bargaining proposal.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-16T18:51:24+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>US Airways Returns Positions to Twin City</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_returns_positions_to_twin_city/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[t&#39;s been a busy last couple of weeks at CWA local 3640 as the union helps new hires get their feet on the ground. The positions they&#39;re filling once belonged to workers who took early buyouts and were off&#45;shored to Manila and other foreign cities with the union&#39;s agreement. This, after US Airways filed bankruptcy in 2004 for the second time in two years.  &quot;The union at that time made a diligent effort to be able to save and retain as much in the contract as we could faced with the economic times,&quot; said Hardy.
The airline&#39;s part of the deal was to protect the remaining positions and eventually route all reservations calls made in the U.S. to U.S. call centers only.&quot;You will be able to outsource them with the knowledge of knowing that you have to bring the jobs back and that contingency was October 31 of 2011 and that has happened,&quot; Hardy said.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-11-02T14:54:13+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #9</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_9/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_9/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[After discussions with the company regarding the validity of our information request, it appears that we will receive the remaining information very soon.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-25T15:05:32+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Stop The Air Tax Now</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/stop_the_air_tax_now/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 11 million U.S. jobs are tied to commercial aviation. Increasing airline taxes and fees would kill hundreds of thousands of them. At at time when 25 million Americans are out of work, the White House plan to increase airline taxes and fees is an irresponsible strategy to tackle the deficit.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-10-14T19:16:52+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #8</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_8/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_8/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Thus far we have had little success with the company.  We are reviewing the first installment of the information recently received from the company.  However, we are still waiting on the company to supply us with the additional information we have requested.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-28T15:01:34+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #7</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_7/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_7/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A conference call was held with the bargaining team to discuss the status of our information request and how we can move forward at the bargaining table.  After weeks of calls, the first installment of our information request will be received right after Labor Day.    We have been told that the remainder of the requested information is voluminous and will take more time to compile.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-09-02T18:51:56+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Agreement on Verizon Bargaining Reached</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/agreement_on_verizon_bargaining_reached/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/agreement_on_verizon_bargaining_reached/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to our unity and public support for bargaining rights, striking Verizon workers will return to work on Tuesday with the contract back in force and bargaining restructured.  I would like to thank all those in District 3 who rallied to support our brothers and sisters in the Northeast and we will continue to support them as bargaining goes forward.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-20T17:16:09+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Premise Tech Bargaining Report #6</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_6/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premise_tech_bargaining_report_6/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A conference call was held with the Premise Tech Bargaining Team and Alternates on Tuesday, August 11, 2011.  We reviewed the lengthy information request which encompasses information from all Premise Tech Units throughout ATT.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-17T14:14:45+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Stop Verizon Greed</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/stop_verizon_greed/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/stop_verizon_greed/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Tell Verizon: Stop Attacking the Middle Class &#45; Sign the petition]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2011-08-08T13:47:43+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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