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CWA and its media sectors are cheering the U.S. Senate for dealing a bipartisan blow to Big Media last week, voting unanimously to reverse a 2007 FCC decision that lets one owner control both a newspaper and TV stations in the same market.

Workers at all income levels enjoy better pay if they're represented by a union, but for low-wage workers being a union member means an even bigger boost in their earning power, according to a new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

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Concerned over pay, intimidation by management, and job security, a unit of 100 detention officers and 39 deputy sheriffs in the Woodbury County Sheriffs Department in Sioux City, Iowa, voted to affiliate with CWA last week, reports District 7 Vice President Annie Hill.

CWA Districts 1, 2 and 13, together with the IBEW, have agreed to resume early negotiations with Verizon, covering the Verizon "East" contract, with a tentative start date of May 27 to begin the talks.