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By an 88 percent yes vote, CWAers sent a strong message to Cingular Wireless management that employment security concerns and members' key bargaining goals must be addressed.

Andy Pugh, a member of Local 4320 in Columbus, Ohio, just completed two courses through CWA/NETT Academy: Net+ and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Essentials. That's an accomplishment for anyone, but particularly for Pugh, who faces a particular challenge.

A Troublemaker's Handbook 2
Edited by Jane Slaughter
Published by Labor Notes, 2005
372 pages

With the downswing in the U.S. economy, many working people with once-comfortable incomes are struggling to pay the bills.

A second CWA member has died in Iraq. Richard Gilbert Jr., 26, a member of the 31st Marine Expeditionary unit based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, was one of 30 Marines and one Navy sailor who perished Jan. 26 when their Super Stallion helicopter went down in a sandstorm near the Jordanian border.