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In the wake of a nine-month lockout at the Toledo Blade newspaper in Ohio, CWA leaders are asking locals to adopt a family to help 215 workers who have lost their health insurance.

CWA has joined with UNI Telecom and other unions around the globe in condemning Vodafone's South African subsidiary, Vodacom, for refusing to recognize its workers' union in violation of the law.

AFA-CWA flight attendants picketed the UAL Corp. – United Airlines – annual meeting in Chicago May 10 to protest the excessive $40 million compensation package paid to CEO Glenn Tilton.

Members are now able to post comments on the CWA Diversity proposal at the Ready for the Future website (www.cwa-union.org/future -- click on Diversity Committee).

U.S. senators will get an earful from CWA members next week about the critical need for Employee Free Choice Act, including the fact that the organizing and bargaining rights bill would likely bring health benefits to more than 3.5 million uninsured Americans.