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Seventy-five percent of the current workforce will need significant retraining to compete in the new global economy and to improve or even maintain their present quality of life. Yet America is falling short on its commitment to make adult learning opportunities available.

They work days, study nights and weekends, make good use of cutting edge technology - and help each other grow, personally and professionally. They are CWA members, many with families who work at a variety of jobs in telecommunications. Their aspirations vary.

With CWA's help, The Newspaper Guild's top journalism award is now worth as much money to the winner as a famed Pulitzer Prize.

CWA was recently awarded a $175,000 training grant to continue the union's ergonomics program by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

As surprisingly high incidences of asbestos-related disease continue to be uncovered among long-time active and retired CWA members, the union is mapping plans to expand testing in 1998.