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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.

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.

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.