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As AT&T bargaining mobilization efforts continue nationwide, bargaining at AT&T Southeast comes down to the wire this week as the August 8 contract expiration date nears. Nearly 35,000 workers are represented by CWA under the AT&T Southeast contract.

A year after organizing with CWA, customer service representatives at two Fairpoint call centers in Maine have ratified their first union contract. The 55 workers, represented by Local 1400, are based in Winthrop and South China, Maine.

CWA's fast-approaching National Women's Conference, Sept. 10-12 in St. Louis, kicks off a groundbreaking new effort to build union power for women in the workforce.

In a move to bust the union, NBC is demanding a change in job titles but not work functions so it can remove positions from the bargaining unit. Undeterred, NABET-CWA members at network-owned stations in four cities have voted overwhelmingly to strike, if necessary.

In a big victory for TNG-CWA members in Oregon, the U.S. Court of Appeals not only upheld their appeal over union use of company e-mail, it also slammed the infamous union-busting lawyer who told managers to pursue the case.