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This week in Labor History - February 5

President Bill Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act.  The law requires most employers of 50 or more workers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for a family or medical emergency - 1993

This week in Labor History - February 5

Support for District 3 AT&T Mobility Bargaining - February 9

February 9 is the expiration of CWA District 3’s contract with AT&T Mobility. This round of bargaining has been surprisingly tough when you consider that AT&T has had a very profitable year, and the company is set up for a big windfall from the recent tax cuts.

Support for District 3 AT&T Mobility Bargaining - February 9

REMINDER Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

The Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund, administered by the Cleveland Foundation, is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 academic year.  Application deadline is 5 p.m. EDT, April 15, 2018.  Awards will be announced by June 15, 2018.

REMINDER Robert D. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

UPCOMING DUES TRAINING FOR LOCALS

  LOCAL LEADERS

We are pleased to announce another round of online training for locals on CWA dues systems, membership tracking and related financial operations for locals.

This is not a step-by-step training, however, sessions are structured to help you understand how the overall system works, including how to get the most out of the Orion system. The webinars are open to local officers, clerks and bookkeepers and others who help track dues and membership for your local.

The schedule is as follows:

UPCOMING DUES TRAINING FOR LOCALS

This week in Labor History - February 4

 
Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a White man launched the 1955 Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott and the birth of the civil rights movement, is born in Tuskeege, Ala. - 1913

This week in Labor History - February 4

This week in Labor History - February 3

The U.S. Supreme Court rules the United Hatters Union violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by organizing a nationwide boycott of Danbury Hatters of Connecticut - 1908
 
U.S. Supreme Court upholds the Wages and Hours (later Fair Labor Standards) Act banning child labor and establishing the 40-hour work week - 1941

This week in Labor History - February 3