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A new bill reducing the amount that New Jersey’s public workers contribute to their pension plan will mean more take-home pay for 260,000 state and local government employees.

When Lucent Technologies reported that its fiscal year first quarter earnings would be lower than anticipated, it caused a major drop in the company’s stock value — nearly 29 percent — accompanied by analysts’ speculation that the company would need time to restore “credibility and confidence.”

Local union leaders representing CWA members at AT&T and Lucent Technologies met to sharpen skills and further develop strategies to stop the companies from shifting work away from quality union jobs.

After narrowly averting a year-end strike, Sprint local service units covering 2,700 workers are looking forward to 3 percent annual wage gains, pension and savings plan improvements and enhanced pay incentives for service representatives.

Since the time of CWA’s endorsement of Vice President Al Gore for the presidency at our 61st Convention last July, Gore and Senator Bill Bradley have campaigned vigorous