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Frank S. Wentzel, retired assistant to two District 13 vice presidents, who helped facilitate the merger of the independent Federation of Telephone Workers of Pennsylvania into CWA, died March 6 at age 84.

We have received the following information from Avaya:

You recently received a packet, in connection with the Dependent Verification Audit, that outlined the eligibility guidelines for your Class I dependent(s) covered by the Alcatel-Lucent Medical Plan.

Through a card check campaign that began in 2006, two CWA locals in New Jersey have organized 1,000 providers who open their homes to care for developmentally disabled adults.

When the Employee Free Choice Act comes up for a vote in early 2009, its lead sponsor Rep. George Miller wants the House and Senate chambers to be plastered with pictures of American workers whose faces will send the message loud and clear: Pass this bill now!