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As CWA members at Verizon prepare for bargaining, the union will take its "jobs, not greed" message the Verizon Communications annual shareholders meeting Apr. 23 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Labor Secretary Elaine Chao's "insulting" and "condescending" comments angered union leaders at last week's AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Florida. However, the experience has reinforced solidarity among unions.

After extended bargaining, Sprint workers arrived at new contracts in Missouri and Kansas on Feb. 27, and shortly past a midnight deadline on Feb. 28, in Ohio.

CWA President Morton Bahr called FCC decision to not regulate telephone line and switch leasing a disaster and pledged that CWA will work hard to safeguard workers' jobs.

As new contract negotiations with ABC begin, NABET-CWA has submitted a shareholder proposal urging Disney to link job performance to granting stock options to executives.