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Telecommunications is changing so quickly that many people - including regulators in some cases - fail to recognize the industry's emerging new shape.

Nearly 1,200 CWA activists and allies have launched the most formidable mobilization ever in support of New Jersey public worker bargaining, with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Rich Trumka pledging the full support of the Federation's 12 million members.

Urging members throughout New Jersey to "Stand Up for Justice in '99," CWA's statewide Committee of 1,000 unveiled plans to intensify its ongoing mobilization in support of bargaining for fair pay raises, job security and improved benefits, with a shock wave hitting all state agencies March 25.

Gov. Parris Glendening, on his way to dedicate The Washington Post's new $230 million printing plant in College Park, Md., March 8, stopped to encourage TNG-CWA Local 35 members who demonstrated outside.