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It was a good week for organizing, with reports of nearly 300 new members including police, nurses, teachers and broadcast technicians.

CWA locals took advantage of the holiday season to spread a message of union solidarity and support for Verizon Wireless workers who have been blocked in their bid for representation by the company's hostility to a union.

NABET-CWA Local 51011 in New York City on Jan. 21 announced a voluntary recognition for about 19 employees at Quantum Technology Inc.

Imagine an employer holding you responsible for institutionalizing its developmentally disabled clients because you chose to vote for a union. That's the guilt trip organizers say was laid on 72 direct care workers employed in group homes run by St. John's Community Services.

CWA defeated the Fraternal Order of Police, 54-51, on Jan. 19, as 104 deputies and sergeants in the Dona Ana County, N.M., Sheriff's Department chose the union that would represent their bargaining unit of 110.