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In a letter to President Bush, CWA President Morton Bahr outlined serious concerns about the safety and effectiveness of the plan to inoculate health care, public safety and other civilian professionals against smallpox and called for a delay in the vaccination effort.

As CWA urged, Verizon has announced that it will expense the fair value of executive stock options granted on or after Jan. 1 of this year. BellSouth has followed suit.

Hundreds of union activists celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in January with a five-day whirlwind of actions in Jackson, Miss., to support minority and workers' rights.

CWA members and leaders were actively involved in

CWA has reached a tentative 20-month agreement with Lucent Technologies covering nearly 6,000 workers, the result of early negotiations with the telecommunications network developer.

Operation TIPS, the controversial "citizen spy" program the Bush administration sought to include in its homeland security measure, has been stripped from the Homeland Security Act thanks to hard work by CWA and the strong support of Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).