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Meeting late today in person and by conference call, CWA's Executive Board issued a call to locals across our union to step up the fight against the excise tax on our health care plans.

CWA District 3 reached a tentative agreement with AT&T covering 35,000 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Southeast.

CWA and two major employers, Verizon and AT&T, and the IBEW have joined forces to oppose the proposed excise tax now included in the Senate's health care reform bill and the provision that affects the Medicare Part D subsidy for prescription drug coverage.

Voters overwhelmingly oppose a proposed tax on health care benefits, and 63 percent said they would be less likely to re-elect a lawmaker who votes for it, according to a new poll conducted for CWA in 10 key states.

Active and retired St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper employees, members of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild/CWA Local 36047, are protesting the company's action to eliminate its contributions to retiree health care.