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CWA is continuing to work with American Airlines passenger service agents who are seeking a voice and representation in the workplace, despite the refusal of the National Mediation Board to order a rerun of the December 1998 representation election.

IBM activists are forming a national -affiliated organization - Alliance@IBM - to address workplace concerns at IBM and to organize for eventual union recognition and bargaining rights at the technology giant.

CWA President Morton Bahr told a Senate panel that workers should not be harmed by corporations seeking the financial benefit of converting defined benefit pension plans into cash balance accounts.

Cellular One members continue to increase as the result of a card check and neutrality agreement CWA negotiated with SBC last year and the hard work of local organizers outside SBC's home region.

Printing plants and mail houses up and down the Interstate 95 corridor produce and distribute more than 35 percent of the nation's printed material.