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Members of CWA Locals 4400 and 4401 have overwhelmingly approved a new agreement covering 2,000 Cincinnati Bell employees which will provide nearly 12 percent in wage increases and provide substantial hikes in pension benefits over the next 30 months.

Qwest Communications is upping its bid for U S West and Frontier Communications, but CWA is working to make certain that communities, consumers and shareholders recognize that the takeover would undermine phone service, slash jobs and hurt shareholder investment.

Contracts covering 5,000 Sprint Corp. workers expire this year and, so far, it's been tough bargaining for members of CWA Local 3672 in Hickory and Madison, N.C.

Jobs with Justice and Workers' Rights Boards in Seattle and Cleveland highlighted the struggles of workers to obtain CWA representation, in conjunction with the AFL-CIO's "7 Days in June" campaign.

Bargaining on behalf of CWA's 34,000 New Jersey state workers continued at a frenetic pace as the CWA News went to press - with hopes of averting a strike - counting down to a June 30 contract expiration.