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The sale of Lucent Technologies’ optical fiber solutions business, affecting nearly 2,600 members at CWA-represented plants in Norcross, Ga., and Sturbridge, Mass., “should result in a more secure future for these employees and help secure the futures of all our Lucent members,” reported CWA Commun

More than 230 CWA members are on strike at the New Era Cap Co.’s Derby, N.Y., location, in response to management-imposed wage cuts of 30 to 50 percent and the company’s refusal to bargain a fair contract, reported Printing Sector Vice President Bill Boarman, who joined Local 14177 members on the l

Contract talks were headed down to the wire at BellSouth as the CWA News went to press, with major issues unresolved less than a week before the Aug. 4 contract expiration, CWA District 3 Vice President Jimmy Smith said.

Lavie Bolick, retired assistant to the District 3 vice president and a World War II veteran, died in Georgia on June 15 after suffering complications from treatment for kidney stones. He was 80.

Labor leaders and union members across the country have joined the fight against the U.S. Navy’s bombing exercises on the Puerto Rican island of Vieques.