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With the downswing in the U.S. economy, many working people with once-comfortable incomes are struggling to pay the bills.

A second CWA member has died in Iraq. Richard Gilbert Jr., 26, a member of the 31st Marine Expeditionary unit based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, was one of 30 Marines and one Navy sailor who perished Jan. 26 when their Super Stallion helicopter went down in a sandstorm near the Jordanian border.

'One Dynamic Lady:' Norma Powell Raised Bar for Minority Staff
Norma C. Powell, a retired administrative assistant to four CWA vice presidents died unexpectedly of a heart attack Feb. 2 at a hospital in Birmingham, Ala., after being admitted for pneumonia. She was 66.

Locals throughout Verizon Wireless territory are getting the word out that the company has a double standard concerning its own identity and the benefits it gives executives and rank-and-file workers.

Intense bargaining that continued for several hours past contract expiration has resulted in a tentative five-year agreement with Verizon North Central covering 2,000 workers in the Midwest, reported CWA District 4 Vice President Jeff Rechenbach.