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Sprint bargaining units in New Jersey and Virginia have reached settlement on tentative agreements, reported T.O. Moses, CWA vice president for telecommunications. Ratification, expected in both units, will bring this round of Sprint bargaining to a successful conclusion.

Detroit’s locked-out newspaper workers are getting a huge show of support from the United Methodist Church, which is calling on its 8.4 million members to boycott the Gannett-owned USA Today newspaper.

CWA leaders are moving swiftly to ensure that members’ jobs will be protected in the wake of a proposed joint operating agreement between the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News, a plan the papers’ owners are asking its unions to support.

CWA members took their fight for fairness to AT&T’s annual meeting in Chicago, where they leafleted shareholders and called on AT&T to treat workers with the respect they deserve.

The mobilization and action campaign for Bell Atlantic bargaining is in full gear, with CWA officers and members delivering a message to shareholders at the company’s annual meeting on May 24 and joining in demonstrations and actions that spotlight their fight for fairness and respect.