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A tentative contract between Cincinnati Bell and CWA Locals 4400 and 4401 preserves the jobs of 440 call center service reps whose jobs had been targeted for outsourcing, provides for returning previously outsourced jobs, and protects health benefits.

Thanks to cooperative efforts between General Motors and IUE-CWA to make production more efficient, GM will invest $69 million in its DMAX diesel engine plant in Morraine, Ohio. The investment will preserve more than 1,000 manufacturing jobs.

CWA's goals for 2008, set by the Executive Board at a meeting in Washington last week, center on strengthening the union's grassroots political structure and building an Election '08 ground campaign to elect leaders who support passing the Employee Free Choice Act, comprehensive health care reform, bolstering retirement security, and creation of good jobs.

Many of you have been contacting us concerning management's decision to require employees to contact both their supervisors AND Aetna on the third day of all absences.