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    <title>Avaya News</title>
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      <title>NDCA Tentative Agreement</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NDCA Tentative Agreement]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-17T19:04:11+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>NDCA Bargaining Report #1</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ndca_bargaining_report_1/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Union and Company kicked off bargaining on Monday afternoon.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-05-16T13:23:06+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Struggle Continues- Honoring 45th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther Kings death</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/the_struggle_continues-_honoring_45th_anniversary_of_dr._martin_luther_king/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday April 3, 2013 CWA National Officers, Staff and Local Officers attended the 45th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther Kings death in Memphis Tennessee.]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2013-04-09T20:01:38+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Welcome Officers and members of Local 3645 (Piedmont Airlines)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Welcome Officers and members of Local 3645 &#45; Piedmont Airlines]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-04-03T17:01:21+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>2012 CWA-Retired Members Council District 3 D.E.Kines Scholarship winners</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/2012_cwa-retired_members_council_district_3_d.e.kines_scholarship_winners/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 2012 CWA&#45;Retired Members Council District 3 D.E.Kines Scholarship winners are as follows:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-03-25T15:18:23+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>US Airways Merger with AA Question and Answer</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/us_airways_merger_with_aa_question_and_answer/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[As you know US Airways will be merging with American Airlines.  Below you will find a number of questions and answer regarding the merger.  We will continue to keep you updated as we learn more information.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-02-21T15:43:38+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Remedy – Utility Operations</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/remedy_utility_operations/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/remedy_utility_operations/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Contractors Placing Buried Service Wire in Right&#45;of&#45;Ways CWA Arbitration Case No. B3&#45;09&#45;035
I am pleased to report that we reached an agreement with the Company for the remedy in this case which we won at arbitration.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-24T21:41:32+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Broadband Expansion Update</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/broadband_expansion_update/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/broadband_expansion_update/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[You will recall during bargaining I shared what information we could get on AT&amp;T’s plans for enhancing the competitiveness of its broadband offering, outside our current U&#45;verse footprint (attached August 23, 2012 memo). Much has happened since then and I want to take this opportunity to provide an update on the broadband expansion and what it means for more Union jobs.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2013-01-24T21:19:11+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ATT SE Ratification Vote - Contract Ratified</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_vote/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_vote/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The ATT SE Contract has been ratified.  Special thanks to the Bargaining Team and Staff for all the hard work they have done.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-07T19:29:32+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>CWA President Larry Cohen discusses the need for Senate rules reform on NewsTalk</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_president_larry_cohen_discusses_the_need_for_senate_rules_reform_on_new/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[CWA President Cohen appeared on a live public affairs television show on Tuesday morning discussing Senate rules reform.  Click link to view]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-12-05T18:42:48+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>November 19 and November 21 Letters from Vice President Dennis</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/november_19_and_november_21_letters_from_vice_president_dennis/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Additional Information on ATT SE Ratification &#45; November 19 and November 21 Letters from Vice President Dennis]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-29T20:49:06+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>Day of Action @ Walmart &#8220;Black Friday&#8221;</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/day_of_action_walmart_black_friday/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/day_of_action_walmart_black_friday/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[District #3 Staff Mobilization &amp; Organizing Coordinator Booker Lester &amp; LPAT Field Marshall Eric Richardson taking Action against Walmarts Unfair treatment of their Workers in Atlanta, GA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-28T19:15:46+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ATT SE Tentative Agreement - Questions and/or requests for duplicate ballots</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_tentative_agreement_-_questions_and_or_requests_for_duplicate_ballot/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_tentative_agreement_-_questions_and_or_requests_for_duplicate_ballot/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In the event a member has a question about the AT&amp;T SE Tentative Agreement they should contact their Local President or check this website .  If a member does not receive a ballot please call 202&#45;434&#45;1227 and leave a message.  Please include a contact number and best time to call.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-26T21:00:43+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ATT SE Ratification&#8212;Voting Process</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_--_voting_process/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_--_voting_process/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We have received a number of questions regarding the voting process for the ratification of the BST tentative agreement. Following is more detailed information.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-21T18:44:58+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>ATT SE Ratification - Second Tentative Agreement</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_-_second_tentative_agreement/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_ratification_-_second_tentative_agreement/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[CWA has a proud democratic tradition and for this reason I encourage all members to vote according to their convictions concerning the ratification of the current Tentative Agreement (“TA”). Consistent with this tradition, I think that every member is entitled to make up his or her own mind based on accurate information. There are those out there who are seeking to defeat the TA based on distortions, misrepresentations, and in some cases information that is just wrong!  We are all entitled to our own opinions, but no one is entitled to make up their own facts.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-20T21:54:43+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ATT SE Bargaining Update - Tentative Agreement Reached</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_-_tentative_agreement_reached/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_-_tentative_agreement_reached/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Today November 2, 2012, we met in full session and a Tentative Agreement was reached. The Company rejected a number of our demands but agreed to TA what the Bargaining Team considered essential to an agreement. Issues that are included in the new Tentative Agreement are as follows:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-02T17:15:51+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

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      <title>ATT SE Bargaining Update - 11/1/2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_-_11_1_2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_-_11_1_2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Union proposed to upgrade all OPT’s as well as ST’s. Since the company refused to incur any additional expense as a result of an upgrade, the Union proposed to create a wage scale 31 upgrading the two titles to the same level.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-11-01T19:20:05+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Bargaining Report 10-31-2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bargaining_report_10-31-2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bargaining_report_10-31-2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The company and the Union have tentatively agreed to provide a $1323 lump sum payout in lieu of a General Wage increase in the first year to Premise Techs who are qualified upon ratification.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-31T13:35:50+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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      <title>ATT SE Bargaining Update 10/30/2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_10_30_2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_10_30_2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The Bargaining Team has had much discussion at the table regarding the issues we received concerning the first TA.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-30T16:54:34+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>AT&amp;T UNFAIR TO RETIREES!</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_unfair_to_retirees/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_unfair_to_retirees/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[At a time when AT&amp;T continues to make record profits and pays its CEO Randall Stephenson more than $20,000,000.00 a year, the Company has made health care unaffordable for those that are most vulnerable – their retirees. These are the former employees that made AT&amp;T the very successful company that it is today.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-29T14:49:48+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>ATT SE Bargaining Update 10/23/2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_10_23_2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_update_10_23_2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[All Union bargaining demands have been presented to the company by the bargaining team.  The company is currently doing a cost analysis of our proposals.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-23T15:56:41+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Bargaining Update Top Issues 10-15-2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bargaining_update_top_issues_10-15-2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/bargaining_update_top_issues_10-15-2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The bargaining team evaluated the &quot;Top Issues&quot; recently sent in by the locals and states.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-10-15T15:34:41+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Ratification Votes</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ratification_votes/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/ratification_votes/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This is to notify you that the AT&amp;T Southeast&#45;]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-28T18:42:30+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

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      <title>CWA ATT SE Tentative Agreement&#8212;Additional Info on Time Off</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_att_se_tentative_agreement_--_additional_info_on_time_off/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_att_se_tentative_agreement_--_additional_info_on_time_off/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Our CWA members work hard and deserve adequate time off the job and the flexibility to use this time when needed. CWA has made improvements in this area over the years. In this bargaining session, we continued and increased flexibility by:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-13T20:47:59+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

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      <title>YP Holdings Inc - Additional information on the Sales Compensation Transition Plan</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/yp_holdings_inc_-_additional_information_on_the_sales_compensation_transiti/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/yp_holdings_inc_-_additional_information_on_the_sales_compensation_transiti/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[During 2012 bargaining the parties agree to a sales compensation plan and a transition plan associated with it. The details of the transition plan as agreed upon are outlined below:]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-13T19:39:47+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Premises Technicians</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premises_technicians/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/premises_technicians/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[We are most pleased to present terms and conditions for Premises Techs that represent great improvements for a first contract, especially in wages, pension, and healthcare.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-10T21:07:04+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Employment Security - ATT SE</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/employment_security/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/employment_security/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[In our most recent round of bargaining, employment security was the key area of concern we had for our members.  Our goal was to protect the work and to ensure our members are part of the future growth of this business.  We feel we were able to make great strides on both fronts.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-07T20:35:37+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>CWA YP Holdings LLC - Final Bargaining Report 2012</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_yp_holdings_llc_-_final_bargaining_report_2012/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/cwa_yp_holdings_llc_-_final_bargaining_report_2012/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[YP Holdings LLC &#45; Final Bargaining Report 2012]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-09-06T20:41:58+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>Attention All ATT SE BU Members&#8212;Important Information Regarding ATT SE Tentative Agreement</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/attention_all_members_--_important_information_regarding_att_se_tentative_a/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/attention_all_members_--_important_information_regarding_att_se_tentative_a/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Much misleading and simply wrong information is circulating in emails and on a public web site, some of which appears to bring the Union into disrepute.]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-31T20:07:05+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
    </item>

    <item>
      <title>AT&amp;T SE Bargaining – Ratification Vote – Secret Ballot</title>
      <link>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_ratification_vote_secret_ballot/</link>
      <guid>http://district3.cwa-union.org/news/entry/att_se_bargaining_ratification_vote_secret_ballot/</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[This is in response to an issue raised by some Local Presidents who have opted to handle the ratification vote – “What are appropriate procedures to comply with the Secret Ballot requirements of the CWA Constitutions?”]]></description>
      <dc:subject></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2012-08-30T17:40:26+00:00</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>CWA Union</dc:creator>
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