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The American flag has become a casualty of Verizon Business' war on workers' rights. Verizon Business technician and Air National Guardsman Terry Skiest has an American flag and a Massachusetts state flag that have flown in battle zones with him in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he proudly displayed them outside his work cubicle in Acton, Mass.

Verizon backed away from pushing legislation for full statewide deregulation of basic phone rates in Virginia after state regulators endorsed CWA's position that there is no real competition in rural areas of the state to justify deregulation.

Tune in to the PBS news program "Now" beginning the week of Feb. 11 and watch TNG-CWA President Linda Foley discuss organizing efforts among freelance editorial workers.

It's the first federal budget ever to top $3 trillion, and still the Bush administration manages to put the screws to workers, senior citizens, the sick, the poor and the rest of America's vulnerable citizens.

Many of you have been contacting us concerning management's decision to require employees to contact both their supervisors AND Aetna on the third day of all absences.