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Ben G. Turn Jr., vice president of CWA District 6, retired on March 31. The CWA Executive Board has appointed Andy Milburn, Turn’s assistant, to serve as interim vice president until the CWA convention this August, when an election will be held to permanently fill the position.

CWA officials have been meeting with Lucent Technologies management to gather details on the company’s recently announced plan to spin off its PBX, business cabling and LAN-based data businesses as a new $8 billion independent corporation.

At the Univision station in Fresno, Calif., a hunger strike continues. Employees have rejected two contract offers. Sympathetic news sources are refusing to talk. Businesses are pulling ads. Viewers are boycotting.

You’re just a mouse click away from up-to-date information about Bell Atlantic bargaining.

The bargaining resolution, bargaining papers, details about mobilization activities and more are available at http://ga.cwa-union.org/telecombarg.

By the time Bell Atlantic and CWA meet at the bargaining table this summer, the company shouldn’t have any doubt about the union’s determination to win a fair contract.