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We received the following from Roy Hegenbart, President of Local 3250 who attended a rally organized by Walt Andrews, President of Local 3204. Members of Local 3204, 3218, 3250, the Atlanta Labor Council and Georgia AFL-CIO, turned out in over 100 degree weather, to support their brothers and sisters in Local 3204.

CWA has finally received some good news regarding our class action lawsuit.

Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling, whose trailblazing work has inspired women in the labor movement around the world, announced this week that she will retire at the 2008 CWA Convention.

Embarq members and retirees in six states will hold demonstrations this Saturday to protest the company's announcement that it will terminate retiree health benefits for Medicare-eligible pensioners.

At the FairPoint Communications annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C., CWA and the IBEW called on shareholders to reject a proposed deal with Verizon, alerting shareholders that they could end up "holding a costly bag" of customer complaints, antiquated equipment and potentially expensive findings by state regulators.