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We have received a number of questions from members about why they have not received the 2007 "Lucent Performance Award" payout this December.

In July 2007, the Alaska Supreme Court made a landmark ruling in which the Court held that a telecommunications worker's exposure to radiofrequency (RF) radiation at levels slightly above the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) RF radiation safety limit caused psychological or cognitive mental health effects

The results are in from CWA's e-poll -- the first on-line presidential candidate preference poll ever conducted by a major labor union. CWA members expressed a preference against an early endorsement and demonstrated close margins among the top vote-getters.

CWA commended the House of Representatives this week on passage of the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007, calling for the mapping of broadband speeds and access throughout the country. The action moves the nation another step closer to bringing high speed Internet access to every American, said CWA President Larry Cohen.