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Building upon a history of common cause and struggle by minorities and labor unions, CWA’s National Civil Rights and Equity Conference addressed a broad range of initiatives to encourage minority leadership in the union, the community and the nation.

Twenty-nine professional staff at American Postal Workers Union headquarters in Washington, D.C., have become CWA members through voluntary card-check recognition, joining the Newspaper Guild-CWA Local 35.

CWA increased by more than 1,700 new members in January, February and March and could soon draw several hundred more, the largest numbers coming in the wireless, health care and public safety sectors.

Cellular One — Boston

An analysis by the Legg Mason Precursor Group, a top telecommunications investment research firm, predicted the Department of Justice will likely block the proposed merger of Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom because of its anti-competitive effect on long distance, Internet and data networking.

Bargainers reached tentative agreement on behalf of 600 Sprint workers in Ohio, and Sprint units in Missouri and Kansas ratified pacts reached earlier, CWA Vice President T.O. Moses reported.