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More than 180 members of CWA Local 6355, representing Missouri state workers, marched from the governor’s mansion to the state Capitol in Jefferson City on April 10 to rally for a $2,000 pay raise, a $50 cap on health care premiums, more staff and a halt to privatization.

Negotiations between CWA and Sprint Corp. at North Carolina units are bogged down over Sprint’s anti-union game plan.

CWA members who hold shares of AT&T stock are asked to support CWA’s position on several proposals when you receive your proxy materials for the upcoming shareholder meeting set for July 10.

CWA and its technology and education partners have been awarded a $3 million grant by the U.S. Department of Labor to further the union’s high-tech and IT training initiatives.

Two final days of marathon bargaining resulted in a tentative agreement with Cincinnati Bell that retains quality health care benefits without cost shifting — a key issue in the talks -— and provides for improvements in wages, pensions and working conditions for nearly 2,500 CWA represented workers.