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Passenger service employees at US Airways, who overwhelmingly ratified their pace-setting first contract with a 75 percent "yes" vote, now are building their union by establishing locals and participating in expanded training for stewards and officers.

At Lucent Technologies, CWA members are stepping up their protests against downsizing and subcontracting.

As the CWA News went to press, results of a national strike authorization vote among CWA members at AT&T were announced, with members authorizing possible strike action against the company by a better than 80 percent margin.

Responding to the objections of CWA members and consumers, the Federal Communications Commission denied an automatic grant of AT&T's bid to eliminate toll-free directory assistance service and called for further investigation.

The proposed merger of Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom is getting tough scrutiny from regulators, with some indicating that the merger might not gain approval from the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Communications Commission.