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Linda Chavez-Thompson, the AFL-CIO's executive vice president for 12 years, has announced she will retire this month from what she called "the greatest job I have ever had."

Support continues to grow for some 400 members of the California Federation of Interpreters, TNG-CWA Local 39521, who have been on strike since Sept. 5.

AFA-CWA testified before a congressional committee on Sept. 6 as part of a continuing campaign calling for reform of the nation's bankruptcy laws.

Think it's easy answering phones all day, often talking to demanding, confused and even angry callers, fingers racing across a keyboard for hours on end to find answers in multiple data bases – all while a supervisor listens in or stands over your shoulder pushing you to work faster or sell more?

Days before the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, CWA members and leaders rallied with hundreds of other union activists near Ground Zero in New York to demand government help for workers, including CWA members, rescuers and others affected by the toxic air and other health risks in the aftermath of the 2001 tragedy.