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Verizon technicians throughout CWA District 2 will get specific training in electrical safety and health issues under a settlement the union fought for after a Maryland technician was killed on the job last year.

CWA is expanding a grassroots campaign launched in Pennsylvania in August to bring high-speed Internet access to all residents and create a statewide franchise for cable TV.

August's mobilization by Embarq members and retirees drew extensive media coverage of the company's termination of retiree health benefits for Medicare-eligible pensioners.

AT&T has announced that it will open a DSL/Internet support call center in Little Rock, Ark. as part of the company's agreement with CWA to return customer service jobs to the United States that had been outsourced.

With contracts set to expire for more than 254,000 members at Verizon, AT&T and Qwest over the next two years, local CWA leaders will hold bargaining council meetings in coming months to prepare for negotiations.