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With four of five seats now filled at the National Labor Relations Board, chair Wilma Liebman said the NLRB would seek a more "dynamic" approach to interpreting the nation's labor laws to help "reinvigorate collective bargaining" in the workplace.

CWA locals, many of them working with other unions, community groups and occupational safety and health experts, are planning rallies, memorial services and educational activities during the week of Workers Memorial Day, April 28.

Wake up early on Friday and log on to the live news conference in Bonn, Germany, where CWA and ver.di are taking their global campaign for fair treatment at T-Mobile USA to the next stage.

In an outrageous tactic, Windstream is suing dozens of retirees who objected to the company's plans to cut back or eliminate their promised health care benefits. CWA represents more than 1,300 employees and 3,000 retirees at the company.

A grievance filed by CWA Local 4401 has led to a big win for four laid-off workers whose employer told them they were eligible for just over $5,000 in severance. Instead, they're being issued checks now for $19,000 to $20,000 each.