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CWA contracts also cover some non-members, known as agency fee payers, which number comparatively about 7% of the size of the union's membership. This accounts for 166,491 "non-dues-paying retirees" and 52,240 "dues-paying retirees", plus about 43,353 non-members paying agency fees, compared to 404,289 "active" members.
The issue of agency fee payments was a national and serious one. By 1984, about 5 percent of employees at work sites covered by a union contract had opted not to join the union and instead pay an agency fee. [48] In 1987, the same number of workers covered by CWA contracts were agency fee payers. [58]
In 1987, NABET lost a 118-day strike against NBC, losing 200 union-member jobs, accepting a "watered-down contract", costing the union $700,000 a month in strike benefits, and costing strikers an estimated $44 million in lost wages. [2] In 1994, NABET merged with the CWA and changed its name to NABET-CWA.
Following a nearly one month strike across the Southeastern U.S., AT&T and its union, CWA, ratified a new five-year labor contract.
CWA Members in Five States Ratify Contract with Frontier Communications Agreement Gives Company Ability to Compete Effectively and Serve Customers MARION, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Members of the ...
Following a majority vote to unionize under the Communications Workers of America (CWA), “World of Warcraft” gaming staff at Microsoft have received a show of support from the tech company.
On December 21, 2009, Avaya acquired Nortel's government business as part of the company's assets sale. [30] [31] In October 2019, Avaya entered into a strategic partnership with RingCentral and together, introduced a new unified communications as a service solution called Avaya Cloud Office ("ACO"). RingCentral also contributed $500 million to ...
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (commonly known as AFA) is a union representing flight attendants in the United States. As of January 2018, AFA represents 50,000 flight attendants at 20 airlines. Since 2004, AFA has been part of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), an affiliate of AFL–CIO.