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A little over a year and a half since gaining collective bargaining rights in June 2006, Jackson, Mississippi's 1,200 city employees achieved another milepost in their remarkable struggle to organize and improve their jobs, negotiating their first union contract with the city. The workers are represented by CWA's Mississippi Alliance of State Employees (MASE-CWA Local 3570).

"We did it" was the word from CWAers throughout New York State when the Department of Health announced that key hospitals in upstate New York – where CWA members work – would remain open.

In 1986, the State of New Jersey enacted the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (“CEPA”) to protect the rights of employees who disclose, object to, or refuse to participate in certain actions that the employees reasonably believe is illegal or a violation of public policy.

We have just received the attached VTP offer from Avaya.

As you all know, we will be electing the Avaya Bargaining Committee during the CWA Convention. It will consist of four (4) elected members. One will be from the centers; the other three will be from the technical ranks.