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CWA h as become aware that some members are receiving W2s with income from imputed costs for group-term life insurance when the company’s cost is over $50,000.

CWA's goals for 2008, set by the Executive Board at a meeting in Washington last week, center on strengthening the union's grassroots political structure and building an Election '08 ground campaign to elect leaders who support passing the Employee Free Choice Act, comprehensive health care reform, bolstering retirement security, and creation of good jobs.

Thanks to cooperative efforts between General Motors and IUE-CWA to make production more efficient, GM will invest $69 million in its DMAX diesel engine plant in Morraine, Ohio. The investment will preserve more than 1,000 manufacturing jobs.

A tentative contract between Cincinnati Bell and CWA Locals 4400 and 4401 preserves the jobs of 440 call center service reps whose jobs had been targeted for outsourcing, provides for returning previously outsourced jobs, and protects health benefits.

CWA this week urged Pennsylvania legislators to approve the Consumer Choice Cable Franchising and High-Speed Broadband Promotion Act, H.B 1490, to encourage the buildout of true high speed Internet networks and end the current cable monopoly in the state.