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CWA Intl.Newsletter 6/25/09

Paid Family Leave

New Jersey's workers can begin applying for New Jersey Paid Family Leave benefits beginning July 1, 2009. Under the program, workers can take up to six weeks of leave to care for a newborn child or newly adopted child, or to care for a seriously ill family member, and receive 2/3 of their wages, up to approximately $546 a week.

Applications are available at the New Jersey Department of Labor website. To download an application, please visit:

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/fli/applictn/fli_application_landing_page.html

For answers to frequently asked questions, please visit:

http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/fli/content/fli_faq.html

The Communications Workers of America (CWA) is the largest telecommunications Union in North America, it represents 630,000 workers in public and private employment, including 500,000 workers building the Information Highway. More than 1,200 chartered CWA local unions are affiliated. Members work and live in some 10,000 communities in the U.S. and Canada. CWA members are employed in telecommunications, printing and media, public service, health care, cable television, general manufacturing, electronics, gas and electric utilities, and other fields. CWA holds over 1,000 collective bargaining agreements spelling out wages, benefits, and working conditions for its members. Among major employers of CWA members are AT&T, the Regional Bell telephone companies (RBOC's), GTE, NBC, and ABC television networks, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the state of New Jersey, and leading newspapers.

SPEED MATTERS!
www.speedmatters.org/howfast

Every American needs access to reliable and affordable high-speed internet. Verizon’s strategy of concentrating on high-revenue customers and dumping lines in rural and other lower-revenue areas puts that in jeopardy.

Why is the US so Far Behind?
Why is the US 16th in the world in broadband adoption?
We invest less in communications; there is an enormous digital divide based on income and geography; and unionized jobs are being replaced by low-wage jobs with less training and higher turnover.

Almost every other developed country has a strategy to promote affordable, universal, fast broadband. High speed is essential for a strong economy in our communities and on the global playing field.

HOW FAST ARE YOU?

Our Union’s are fighting for public policy for universal high-speed broadband and for the jobs on that network. Take the first step by testing the speed of your home internet connection. It’s quick and easy and helps us gather data we need to make our case.

TAKE THE SPEED TEST:

www.speedmatters.org/howfast

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