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A new booklet is available to all CWA technicians and telecom locals describing how to safely work near electrical power sources. The handy 6x9-inch manual, "Reducing Electrical Hazards," will fit in your toolboxes and glove compartments.

Thrown to the floor, kicked in the head and beaten, Cathy Donatos, then a New Jersey social worker, has become a staunch advocate for safety in a dangerous profession.

Under a settlement in Indiana that Verizon has agreed to extend throughout the Midwest and ultimately nationwide, outside technicians as well as central office techs and engineers will receive potentially life-saving electrical safety training.

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