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Victory in Brooklyn: Cablevision Workers Vote CWA

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Victory in Brooklyn: Cablevision Workers Vote CWA

Staff — January 27, 2012 — www.cwa-union.org

Beating back a vigorous anti-union campaign by their employer, Cablevision technicians and dispatchers in Brooklyn voted Thursday to join CWA. The unit of 282 workers is the first to successfully unionize at Cablevision. “This is about my son, his future, and the future of the Cablevision 99%,” said technician Marlon Gayle. “We can now negotiate with management for a safer work environment, better healthcare, a more secure retirement and a salary that will allow us to support our families.”

Twitter May Censor Tweets in Certain Countries

Steve Myers — January 27, 2012 — Poynter.org

Last year at this time, the people of Egypt were using Twitter and other social media to communicate as they successfully sought to overthrow the government. Now the company has set up a system to enable it to censor (or “reactively withhold,” as Twitter puts it) certain tweets in certain countries.

Bleacher Report Hiring 20 Writers

Jeff Roberts — January 27, 2012 — paidContent.org

Bleacher Report is using part of the $22 million cash infusion it received last summer to hire 20 bona fide writers. The popular site currently relies almost exclusively on rabid fans to churn out buckets of barstool-style sports chatter.

Bonus Pay Part of Tentative Deal for Cal Interpreters

Staff — January 27, 2012 — CFI-Pacific Media Workers Guild

A tentative agreement for a new MOU was reached Thursday afternoon at the end of a drama-filled bargaining session.

U.S. Rep. Miller Seeks DOJ Investigation Into Conduct of NLRB Member Brian Hayes

Staff — January 27, 2012 — House Committee on Education & the Workforce

Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, asked the Department of Justice today to look into evidence uncovered by a National Labor Relations Board Inspector General investigation that found Board Member Brian Hayes engaged in employment discussions with a law firm with business before the agency.

Number of Union Members Grows in 2011; Slight Drop as a Percentage of Workforce

Mark Gruenberg — January 27, 2012 — Press Associates Union News Service

Unions gained a net of 49,000 members nationwide in 2011 compared to 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. But the union share of the U.S. workforce slipped slightly, down 0.1%, to 11.8%.

Nevada GOP to Release Caucus Results Via Social Media Instead of AP

Steve Myers — January 27, 2012 — Poynter.org

The Nevada Republican Party announced Friday that it will release up-to-the minute results of its Feb. 4 caucus on Twitter, enabling anyone to get the latest information without relying on a news site’s election map or the ticker at the bottom of a TV screen. The Nevada GOP will also partner with Google, whose map with results will appear on the Party’s website. AP responds: "AP has assured its members and subscribers that we will strive to exercise the quality control with the Nevada numbers that is the hallmark of our election services and work with the GOP and Twitter to help ensure the accuracy of the results as we report them."

Philly Guild Organizes Restaurant Trainers in 7 Cities

Dan Gross — January 26, 2012 — Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia

The new TNG-CWA members at the Restaurant Opportunities Centers train back-of-the-house staff such as cooks and dishwashers to become servers, bartenders and hosts. Coordinators also fight for better working conditions for the workers they train.

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