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Low wages, poor benefits and job security in a bad economy were major factors in the organizing victory by parking lot attendants at WallyPark, an airport parking lot near Denver International Airport. The workers also wanted a union so they would be treated with dignity and respect. More than 70 percent are immigrants and faced unfair treatment by their employer. Unity and a strong inside organizing committee made the difference in blocking a nasty anti-union campaign, and the vote for CWA representation was 32-11. Workers were supported by District 7 organizing coordinator Al Kogler and Local 7717 President Tommy Costello.

In just six days, 2,500 CWA members will converge on Capitol Hill to make sure Congress gets the message: it's time to pass Employee Free Choice and real health care reform.

On June 11, 2009, The World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level for H1N1/Influenza A/ Swine Flu to Phase 6, the highest emergency classification indicating there are community level outbreaks of H1N1 in multiple parts of the world. A pandemic is a rapid, world-wide spread of a disease which would occur when:

CWA District 2 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call conducted Wednesday, June 17, 2009 from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

CWA Local 7270 and Frontier Communications in Minnesota reached a tentative agreement just prior to mid-night on June 10th. June 11th our Bargaining Committee met with the Company to review the finalized language included in the master tentative agreement.