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CWA members joined with 400 fellow unionists in Greensboro, N.C., Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the courageous students who refused to leave a whites-only lunch counter at the city's Woolworth's store 50 years ago.

Another 92 retail sales representatives who work across the state of Alaska have joined CWA through majority signup. The Alaska workers' determination to get a union voice had support from CWA members at Mobility, Avaya and Qwest and from AFA-CWA members, said CWA District 7 Organizing Coordinator Al Kogler.

The election in Massachusetts, with Republican Scott Brown elected to the U.S. Senate, means a new strategy is needed to get the health care reform CWAers and all working families deserve.

Last weekend, CWA President Larry Cohen talked telecom policy and the future of high speed communications in the United States with telecom experts on C-SPAN's "The Communicators." The half-hour program focused on broadband buildout and the outlook for the telecom industry.

A six-day "train the trainer" program on workplace health and safety using a participatory popular education approach.