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Members of Mailers Local M-29/Communications Workers of America (CWA), who have worked at the Washington Post for nearly 18 months without a contract, rallied with several hundred of their supporters outside the newspaper's 15th Street headquarters on Monday, Nov. 15. The workers are seeking equal pay for equal work for utility mailers, 85 percent of whom are African-American or Latino, who do the same work as journeymen and get less than 50 percent of journeymen scale. The Post wants mailers to work longer hours for less pay, give up overtime pay and surrender their pension for a pay raise, said CWA Vice President Bill Boarman.
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