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Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Unions Struggle as Communication Industry Shifts
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/01/business/01labor.html?ex=1275278400&en=ab28f7d54e50e1bd&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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Even as unions struggle nationwide, with just 12.5 percent of the total work force unionized in 2004 compared with 22 percent in 1980, they face a particularly bleak future in the telecommunications industry. The industry was once a labor stronghold after the Bell monopolies became unionized in the late 1930's. But mergers, deregulation and technological change have reduced the number of jobs at the traditional phone companies while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in cable and wireless companies, which are largely union-free.

 



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