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We have received the attached letter explaining the Alcatel-Lucent Performance Plan payout for fiscal year 2010.

The labor fighting brewing in Washington is heating up, as some Republicans in the House seem to be having second thoughts about making it harder for aviation and railworkers to organize. At issue is the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill and a provision in it that would overturn a ruling by the National Mediation Board regarding elections in those unions. Until last year's decision by the NMB, if an eligible voter did not vote in a union representation election, her vote was automatically counted as an active vote against representation.

The most high-profile fights between conservatives and unions have played out in Wisconsin and other states across the country. But another one is brewing at the federal level, where Republicans are trying to change the law to make it harder for aviation and rail workers to unionize. But several Republicans have broken ranks with their party, and labor activists see them as an opportunity.

The Federal Aviation Administration authorizing bill should be brought back in for a landing because it contains provisions that would make it harder for airline and railroad workers to organize unions, several collective bargaining groups said Tuesday.

Attached are the terms of an agreement to change the expiration dates of the Alcatel-Lucents Contracts...