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CWA members have voted 4-1 to authorize a strike against Alltel in Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio and Alabama.

As picket lines went up at Southern New England Telephone facilities throughout Connecticut, CWA stepped up its media and mobilization campaign aimed at winning a fair settlement for some 6,300 SNET workers.

CWA public worker local leaders and members in New Jersey have got Gov. Christine Whitman - once the darling of the conservative branch of the Republican party - on the ropes in the fight to protect public services and state jobs.

In an unprecedented move, NABET-CWA and the NBC network - the U.S. leader among television viewers - have agreed to early contract negotiations.

CWA members across the fourteen states of U S WEST territory are standing strong in their fight for fairness, despite the company's campaign of intimidation and deception.