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The newly organized AT&T Local Services Customer Maintenance Center members in New Jersey recently ratified their first contract, with over 92% voting in favor of the agreement.

Determined to keep one of the country's best newspapers from falling into the hands of tabloid king and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, reporters at the Wall Street Journal staged a half-day absence last week and continue to be outspoken in their opposition.

CWA members and members of other AFL-CIO unions can now receive a 10 percent discount on AT&T wireless phone service, along with a $50 savings on new phones and accessories when they sign up for service through Oct. 31, 2007. (The union member discount previously was 5 percent.)

Verizon's anti-union tactics and business policies were spotlighted last week by thousands of CWA and IBEW members who held simultaneous rallies in front of the corporation's offices in New York City and Long Beach, Calif.

AFTRA is applauding Oprah Winfrey and her Oprah & Friends XM satellite radio program for being the only XM show to sign a union contract with its on-air talent.