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Kathleen King, a CWA staff representative in District 1 since December 1981, has retired. King worked as a social worker and supervisor at New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services before being hired as a local organizer in 1980, leading to her staff job the next year.

CWA has reached a tentative settlement with US Airways covering 6,000 airport and reservations agents, boosted by an overwhelming strike authorization vote by members.

CWA members across the nation are turning out in droves to fight union busting by Verizon Wireless. It began on Nov. 29 with a rally organized by Local 2202 in Chesapeake, Va. On Dec. 1, it was Local 2201 in Richmond. On Dec.

The Bush administration and GOP leaders in Congress may be buoyed by November's election but they're quickly going to learn that active union members have never shied from a challenge.

CWA has reached a tentative agreement with Verizon California that provides real improvements in wages, health care and minimum pensions and employment security, among other gains.