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Fed up with trade policies that have contributed to the loss of 2.7 million manufacturing jobs and 850,000 service jobs since 2001 — jobs in every CWA sector — voters in November elected 22 new members of Congress who made fair trade a centerpiece of their campaigns.

Even though Texas state workers don't have collective bargaining rights, last year they won their fight to save 2,900 state jobs. And in 2005 and 2006, they enjoyed some of the best raises their members had seen in 10 years.

CWA nurses in Buffalo, N.Y., are at the forefront of the battle to preserve quality patient care, jobs and workers' rights against the backdrop of a worsening health care crisis.

It may come as a surprise to you that in many states public workers are not allowed to have collective bargaining. They can form a union but they cannot bargain a contract — the state forbids it.

The battle for health care and good jobs at Goodyear, whose manufacturing workers went on strike Oct. 5, is a call to arms for all union members, CWA President Larry Cohen said.