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Many of you have heard the voice mail from AT&T Vice President Mark Royce.

So much for the big business canard that American corporations pay some of the highest taxes in the world. A report this week from the government itself shows that two-thirds of all U.S. businesses paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005. A slightly higher percentage of foreign corporations doing business here paid no taxes either.

CWA members at AT&T are looking ahead to contract negotiations in early 2009 and training is underway around the country to help put together an action plan for successful negotiations next year.

After years of lobbying New York State lawmakers, NABET-CWA celebrated the passage and signing last week of the Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act, lifting restrictions on broadcast workers' flexibility to find new jobs when they leave an employer.