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Fighting for lower caseloads to better protect at-risk children and families, overburdened caseworkers and support staff in Akron, Ohio, have been walking a picket line since their contract expired July 14.

CWA is turning up the legal heat on Sprint-Virginia for falsely declaring an impasse in negotiations and imposing a contract offer while continuing to bargain, reported District 2 Vice President Pete Catucci.

CWA and ALLTEL negotiators were meeting with a federal mediator as the CWA News went to press to try to resolve a strike involving Locals 3371 and 3372 that began June 8 in Kentucky.

IUE-CWA Local 82162 members returned to work at ITT Night Vision in Roanoke, Va., Aug. 3, after ratifying a five-year contract with significant improvements in wages, pension, vacation and overtime requirements, and a fair formula for dealing with health care cost increases.

More than 3,000 Verizon workers laid off last December won their jobs back last month as a result of CWA's arbitration victory upholding contractual job security safeguards. The ruling cost Verizon tens of millions of dollars that it never needed to risk.