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A tentative agreement was reached covering about 1,800 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Internet Services in Districts 3, 4, 6 and 9. A number of improvements were achieved over the previous tentative settlement negotiated last summer.

Retired District 1 Vice President Larry Mancino died March 10 at Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, N.Y. He was 71. "Larry was devoted to his family, his union and a wonderful friend," said CWA President Larry Cohen.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald broke the law when it suspended and fired two reporters for their legally protected union activities, a judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled. Hunter Bishop had been chairman of the Hawaii Newspaper Guild's Hilo unit from 2000 to 2004 and was a member of the union's bargaining committee and a shop steward until his 2005 dismissal. Dave Smith was a union steward from 2004 to 2006 and a member of the bargaining committee.

Outrage from Boeing workers and their union, the Machinists, has spilled into outrage on Capitol Hill over Pentagon's decision to award a $40 billion contract for Air Force fueling tankers to a team led by the European parent of Airbus. And angry lawmakers are pointing the finger in part at John McCain.

Enraged by a judge's ruling in favor of long-suffering workers at the Chinese Daily News in Los Angeles, the paper's managers last week acted on the old saying: Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.