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AT&T announced that as part of its agreement with CWA last fall to return thousands of contracted tech support jobs to the United States, it will be bringing 350 new jobs to Louisville, Ky., later this year.

John Agee was known as an effective negotiator and leader who helped members at AT&T deal with the transformation of Ma Bell into its various corporate incarnations following the company's breakup in the early 1980s.

In a big, long-awaited victory for CWA Local 1104 and graduate students working at a private research foundation, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that the students are employees and entitled to union representation and collective bargaining.

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.

A Denver city councilman and Avaya executive has filed an anti-union "right to work" ballot measure that Colorado voters may decide in November if backers get 70,000 signatures on petitions.