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Pressured by the threat of losing their bankruptcy claim, AFA-CWA flight attendants at Northwest Airlines ratified a concessionary contract at the carrier this week by a 51 percent vote.

As they champion the Employee Free Choice Act in cities, counties and states across the country, union organizers are also helping CWA and the IBEW build a coalition of local and national political leaders who are pressuring Verizon to respect the right of its workers to organize and bargain collectively.

For retirees and future retirees, CWA and the IBEW, in a coordinated campaign with Alcatel Lucent, won a key tax code change that will help preserve retiree health care at that company and others.

The first Certification Bonus Payout will occur on June 1, 2007.

Based on questions that Alcatel-Lucent has received, the company has issued additional Q&A's about the missing computer disk with personal information on Lucent USA employees, retirees and their dependents. The Q&A's provide by Alcatel-Lucent are below.