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Last December Maria De Iasi ended a 10-year job as a child abuse investigator for the state of New Jersey. She is now handling health care, welfare, and women’s issues legislation for Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. Her ticket to Capitol Hill?

They come from 34 countries from Canada to Chile. Many speak English, many Spanish. Others speak only French or Portuguese. But language hasn’t been a barrier to their common goal.

The fight for an ergonomics rule is heating up again, with CWA, unions and supporters on Capitol Hill pledging to make it a top priority.

Just before Sen. Joe Lieberman took the stage Tuesday morning at the Legislative-Political Conference, someone showed him a newspaper picture from his speech at CWA’s annual convention last August. He was wearing the same clothes.

In this season of corporate annual meetings, CWA has been a visible force, with members mobilizing from Savannah, Ga., to San Jose, Calif., in the fight for fairness for workers and retirees. CWAers and supporters spearheaded actions at five meetings last month alone.