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CWA retiree leader Addie Brinkley has taken advantage of one of the best tools at any union activist's disposal: Her local newspaper's op-ed page, in which she described how planned California state budget cuts "will decimate services essential to seniors like me."

The deadline is just two weeks away to enter CWA's annual competition for local newsletters.

Putting a spotlight on Verizon's neglect of its Washington, D.C., customers, the Connect-DC Coalition – a project of CWA and Jobs with Justice – turned out several dozen activists Thursday morning for a demonstration in front of the city's Public Service Commission building.

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A contract extension with FairPoint Communications covering 3,000 CWA and IBEW-represented workers in Northern New England – formerly Verizon employees – is highlighted by job security and contract successorship protections along with wage and benefit gains.