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NABET-CWA members wishing to run for election as Regional Vice President in NABET-CWA Regions 1, 3 and 5 may now obtain nominating petitions from their local secretaries. Petitions must be filed by April 15, 2005 in the Sector Office, in Washington, D.C.

If they shoot a movie about Justin Verlander's life - years from now after he's pitched his team to victory in a World Series or two - it'll open with a bucolic scene at a southern lake.

Bargaining between CWA and Cingular Wireless is continuing in Atlanta, with the CWA team outlining key issues that include working conditions and job security of members in light of the merger with AT&T Wireless.

More than two months into a strike by 170 newspaper workers at the Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, the publisher refuses to budge from a paltry wage offer despite the community's overwhelming support for the union.

Citing "cultural insensitivity" and failure to live up to required local broadcast standards, an alliance of Puerto Rican media unions and community groups is urging the Federal Communications Commission to deny license renewal to the island's largest TV station, which is operated by U.S.