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Former President Bill Clinton noted that in the next election, unions have the opportunity to sway the country away from the devastating Bush economic policies and restore basic principles of fairness, compassion and common sense to government.

CWA members at Fenn Mfg. in Newington, Conn., have ratified a new four-year agreement, ending an eight-month strike and lockout at the parts-maker for Sikorsky helicopters and other defense contractors.

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.

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.