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As this issue went to press, thousands of CWA and IBEW members were descending upon Verizon's New York City headquarters to stage a "We Won't Back Down" rally tonight, June 28, to protest the company's anti-worker and anti-customer policies. Some 2,000 workers were expected at the rally, with many bussing in from New England and Mid-Atlantic States.

Calling their cause "Scrubs for Sicko," CWA nurses are part of a huge coalition of nurses and doctors who are rallying around the new Michael Moore movie – titled "Sicko" – examining America's badly broken health care system.

CWA's release this week of the first-ever national state-by-state Internet speed survey, showing that actual user speeds for broadband services in the United States are far below speeds in most other developed nations, drew widespread media coverage.

Please see the attached Press Release and statement issued by Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich offering support for the battle the Union workers at the Lucent, North Andover facility face.