Tue
Aug 8 2017
08:44 pm
By: michael kaplan
Dozens of CWA 2017 convention delegates marched to protest the privatization of the University of Tennessee's campuses threatening the jobs of UCW-CWA Local 3865 members. UCW President Diana Moyer spoke and was interviewed, along with CWA International President Chris Shelton.
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