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NLRB ruled for the first time that university student researchers may be unionized along with non-student employees in a combined unit, backing an election filing by CWA Local 1104 at the State University of New York.

The National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C. has ruled that a small cluster of Verizon Wireless stores in California constitute an appropriate unit for collective bargaining, District 9 Vice President Tony Bixler reported.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly March 30 to add $6 billion in child care funds to the welfare reauthorization bill being debated, an issue that CWA activists attending the Legislative-Political Conference fought for on Capitol Hill.

CWA members are among unemployed workers touring the Midwest with the AFL-CIO's "Show Us the Jobs" bus campaign to get the word out that every day more than 85 thousand Americans are losing their jobs.

CWA and SBC negotiators at the national table in Washington had several meetings and discussions with federal mediators over the past week. Following the March 25 session, the parties agreed that the next formal talks at the national bargaining table are set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 31, at the office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.