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CWA leaders who are fighting Verizon's plan to sell off its 1.6 million local telephone lines in New England are encouraged by meetings with regional governors, most recently New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch.

Members of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild, CWA Local 36047, rallied outside the Post-Dispatch newspaper to protest the unfair suspension of a prize-winning reporter.

Philadelphia's Jobs with Justice joined forces with United Students Against Sweatshops, CWA Local 13000 members and other supporters in an action that called Verizon out for its union-busting and illegal intimidation and harassment at Verizon Wireless.

CWA Local 6186, the Texas State Employees Union, cited a just-released report by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform as further evidence of serious problems with Accenture, a company the state of Texas had contracted with to design new call centers and replace state workers.