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The word is out about the sweet deal that executives of MCI Communications Corp. have arranged for themselves if the proposed merger between MCI and WorldCom Corp. goes forward.

At least 15 journeyman printers at the Chicago Sun-Times were transferred to door-to-door sales jobs in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has determined.

It’s is a big bargaining year in the public sector as well as telecommunications. In 1998 CWA public and health care workers will lobby, negotiate and mobilize for job security, better pay and benefits and improved working conditions for thousand of members.

The second session of the 105th Congress will produce a mixed bag of threats and promises, CWA’s legislative team predicts.

• Threats are already surfacing in the form of anti-worker, anti-union attacks — especially aimed at occupational safety and health protections and workers’ rights.

A state initiative on the June ballot in California is one of the most threatening assaults on the political rights of working Americans that union members have ever faced.