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CWA President Larry Cohen remembered Coretta Scott King, who died on Jan. 31 at age 78, as a strong champion in the fight for economic and social justice. "The best way we can mourn her passing and celebrate her life is to carry on the fight for equality, peace and human rights for all," he said.

Labor leaders say the health savings accounts President George W. Bush mentioned in his State of the Union speech Tuesday would be a disaster for working families and another gift to corporate America.

CWA and Verizon Information Services reached a tentative agreement on Jan. 26, which, if approved by the membership, will end the 13-week strike by 300 VIS workers in New York.

Democracy and workers' rights go hand in hand in a way Europeans understand far better than most Americans, CWA President Larry Cohen told an audience today at the Institute for International Economics in Washington, D.C.

Citing support from CWA and unions around the world, the Chunghwa Telecom Workers Union announced a new collective bargaining agreement with Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan that provides key safeguards for members in the aftermath of the company's privatization.