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CWA has renegotiated the historic national agreement reached with GTE in 1998, winning major retirement security gains and other improvements in a tentative pact covering 24,000 employees at the former GTE units of Verizon.

Imagine you’re a housebound senior disabled by a fall, but eager to walk again. Your chances of recovery are good because you’ve got an experienced physical therapist visiting your home three times a week.

Down-to-the-wire bargaining has led to a new contract for 500 CWA members at Alltel Corp. in Lincoln, Neb.

Members of CWA Local 7670 at Verizon Northwest, formerly GTE Northwest, have ratified a three-year agreement that provides improvements in wages and benefits for about 700 workers in Idaho and eastern Washington.

The nation’s anthrax scare forced some of CWA’s NABET and Newspaper Guild members in New York City to be tested for the disease in October, and CWA is cautioning all members to be careful handling mail.