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	Bargaining tabs have been created for each bargaining unit to the left.  As the Bargaining Reports from the District are received, we will post them immediately.  Chris Lane, President

Congratulations to Local 2201 for receiving the following awards! Bronze Scroll Award * CWA COPE Triple Quorum * President's Club Most Members * Honarable Mention - Newsletter    June 23, 2008 -  The Communications Workers of America overwhelmingly endorsed Senator Barack Obama and pledged to work harder than ever to elect him President of the United States.  June 24, 2008 -  Larry Cohen was re-elected as President Annie Hill, CWA vice president for District 7 was elected as Executive Vice President Jeff Rechenbach was elected as Secretary-Treasurer, as you know he succeeds Barbara Esterling, who has retired. Ron Collins was elected as Vice President, Dictrict 2. For complete details, please visit the national website at cwa-union.org

	WE KNOW OUR RIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!! Labor Relations Manager, Sandy Bousman removed our Union Brothers and Sisters from the breakrooms at 3011 & 3013 Hungary Spring Road today and forced them to conduct picket sign-ups outside.   This has since been resolved with picket sign-ups resuming in the breakrooms.  Also, look for the sign-up sheets at future tailgates.

TERRY'S STORY......

A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Terry recently returned from his third tour duty in the Middle East. He is a genuine patriot and has proudly flown his unit's American flag over the sands of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan.

When he's not defending our country overseas, Terry Skiest works as a technician for Verizon Business. For three years, Terry displayed his American flag outside his cubicle. But when Terry left his flag hanging outside his cubicle during his last tour in Afghanistan, Verizon Business removed it.

A co-worker of Skiest's reported that a local manager said that the American flag "could be considered to be propaganda" and "might be offensive to some workers."

Terry isn't trying to organize workers against VZB - he just wants to put the flag back up on his wall. Tell Verizon Business to put up Terry's flag.

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