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A New Hampshire newspaper has the solution to the controversy over a Labor Department letter suggesting employers are liable for job-related injuries suffered by home-based workers:

Negotiate.

AT&T has backed away from its attempt to eliminate toll-free directory assistance service, a big victory for CWAers who have been fighting to protect operator jobs and preserve this important customer service.

Issues of importance to working families are heating up once again with the return of the 106th Congress on Jan. 24.

CWA and unions abroad are turning up the heat on the proposed $115 billion merger of MCI WorldCom and Sprint, as the deal faces increasing scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission and the European Union.

The Detroit News, the Detroit Free Press and the company that runs the two newspapers are appealing a judge’s order to reinstate 50 workers illegally fired for strike-related activities in 1996, a delaying tactic expected by union officials.