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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 2000

Page

3

Verizon workers walk picket lines as contract talks continue

Unionized Verizon workers staged a Sunday walkout affecting operations in 12 Eastern states while negotiations persisted over working conditions and union access to the wireless division. The dispute centers on job security, overtime limits, and the unions’ push to organize wireless employees amid Verizon’s rapid wireless growth.

Verizon Washington Verizon Communications Maine Eric Rabe Communications Workers of America CWA International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Syracuse N.Y Boston Eddie Starr Wireless Vanderbilt University Nashville Jim Spellane New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia District of Columbia

Lynne Cheney shifts on federal arts funding stance

Wife of vice presidential hopeful Dick Cheney 59, Lynne Cheney, remains outspokenly conservative yet reconsiders federal subsidies for the NEA and NEH. Once opposed, she now says the agencies have merit and should not be folded, reflecting a broader GOP stance evolving alongside her husband.

Washington Lynne Cheney GOP Dick Cheney National Endowment For the Humanities Associated Press Humanities Agency Congress NEH CNN American Enterprise Institute George W. Bush ANC Mandela

Democrats to spotlight working Americans at LA convention

The Democratic National Convention will highlight working Americans with half hour panel discussions on Aug. 14 to 16 featuring laborers, homemakers, and other everyday workers. Gary Locke moderates on Aug. 14, Jimmy Smits introduces an Aug. 16 health care panel, Jay Rockefeller moderates that night on health care, and Sen. Chuck Schumer moderates crime and victims’ rights. Clinton will speak on Aug. 14 opening the event.

Washington Los Angeles Doug Hattaway Gary Locke Jimmy Smits Jay Rockefeller D-W.va Charles Schumer D-N.y Hattaway Clinton

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