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CWA nurses in New York are building legislative support to stop the state from closing nine hospitals statewide, including three in Buffalo that employ nearly 4,000 members of Local 1168, Nurses United.

CWA and IBEW members, community supporters and local elected officials will rally on June 2 in Burlington, VT., to show strong community opposition to the proposed sale of Verizon's telephone lines to North Carolina-based FairPoint Communications.

Wal-Mart executives are so pleased with themselves over the high-deductible health care plans they offer their workers – with deductibles up to $6,000 -- that they're actively pitching the idea to other employers.

The first Certification Bonus Payout will occur on June 1, 2007.

Based on questions that Alcatel-Lucent has received, the company has issued additional Q&A's about the missing computer disk with personal information on Lucent USA employees, retirees and their dependents. The Q&A's provide by Alcatel-Lucent are below.