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Two CWA members who took extraordinary action to save lives last year after a fatal traffic accident and a potentially deadly car fire have been awarded the prestigious Vail Award by Verizon, their employer. Mark Campbell of Local 2003, a cable splicing technician in Parkersburg, W.

If you head to Banana Republic, Eddie Bauer and Ann Taylor for back-to-school or holiday shopping, don’t be surprised to find a crowd. Not shoppers, protesters.

The CWA Communications Apprenticeship and Training committee, a nonprofit organization affiliated with Local 4340, has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the U.S. Department of Labor to train incumbent and dislocated workers in the telecommunications industry.

Whether just starting out in life or making the transition to a new career, earning a college degree can be a challenge, both intellectually and financially. For these CWA scholarship winners, college will be significantly more affordable.

Empire State College of the State University of New York has selected 10 individuals to receive the first Morton Bahr Scholarships, named in honor of CWA’s president, who is an alumnus of the school.