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After two years without a first contract for a thousand Comcast workers in Pennsylvania, District 13 and CWA locals are stepping up pressure on the company.

For CWA members involved in tough bargaining with Avaya and OFS, negotiations are going down to the wire. The contracts expire May 31 and several critical issues remained unresolved in bargaining at both companies as the deadline approached.

Irate over Sprint CEO Gary Forsee's $32 million in salary, bonuses and stock options while workers are facing cuts in sickness and disability benefits, 94 members of Local 1101 went on strike against the company April 26.

Brutal forced overtime requirements and a company demand to take away emergency leave to care for seriously ill family members drove 150 Local 3673 members to strike May 19 at Verizon South-Western North Carolina.

Thousands of CWA-represented state employees in New Jersey took to the streets in early May to fight rollbacks the state wants, to help balance its ailing budget.