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Local 3673 members striking against Verizon South in western North Carolina have been enjoying the support of their communities and, it appears, law enforcement and the media as they continue to walk picket lines in eight counties.

In early negotiations, CWA and AT&T agreed to a tentative 25-month contract extension that boosts wages by 5.75 percent and pensions by 5 percent, and also improves job security for the 22,000 workers, CWA Communications and Technologies Vice President Ralph Maly said.

IUE-CWA members have voted overwhelmingly to approve a four-year national agreement with General Electric that will raise wages by an average of 16.5 percent, along with pension improvements and other gains.

CWA-represented state workers in New Jersey have approved a contract that emphasizes job protection while also boosting pay by 11.5 percent over four years and upgrading hundreds of job titles.

You've seen the bumper sticker, maybe it's even on your car: "Unions - The Folks Who Brought You the Weekend." This fall you may be putting another one beside it - "The Bush Administration - The Folks Who Took it Away."