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CWA received the following information from Alcatel-Lucent regarding the Lifeworks promotions for September.

One-third of workers aged 18 to 35 live at home with their parents and are significantly less likely to have health care or economic security than their counterparts a decade ago, according to a national survey. Labor leaders say the report reinforces the urgency of reaching out to young workers.

Pressure from The Newspaper Guild-CWA and other media organizations has led the Pentagon to back off from its policy of vetting journalists to determine if they are sympathetic to U.S. policies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Workers at the progressive website, Truthout.org, joined TNG-CWA in the Guild's first organizing campaign conducted through majority sign up. The 19 workers, scattered across the country, were assisted by Local 36047 in St. Louis.

More than 1,000 congregations across the country are inviting union members to speak this weekend as part of the annual Labor Day "Labor in the Pulpits" program. Over the years, "Labor in the Pulpits" has helped thousands of churches, temples and other congregations focus their Labor Day weekend services on injustice in the workplace and how religious communities can help workers fight for a living wage, health care and the freedom to form unions.