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An overwhelming majority of Cingular's former AT&T Wireless retail sales associates in Maine chose representation with CWA Local 1400 in a card check. The American Arbitration Association certified the results on Oct. 11.

After months of difficult negotiations and a lockout, 5,500 members of the Canadian Media Guild-CWA at Canada's public broadcasting network are voting on a proposed contract settlement that ensures their job security.

Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger wants to terminate the political voice of union members. Hundreds of CWAers are joining ther unionists through their central labor councils to block Proposition 75 and other anti-union ballot measures in the governor's special election, set for Nov. 8.

CWA along with its broadcast and journalism sectors, NABET-CWA and The Newspaper Guild-CWA, are joining seven other unions to form the first industry coordinating committee (ICC) being established as part of the AFL-CIO's new reform program, "Winning for Working Families."