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Pushed by angry AFA-CWA members and Congress, Northwest Airlines last year dropped its plan to outsource flight attendant jobs to non-union workers on certain flights leaving the United States.

Worker rallies in Washington, D.C., at right, and other cities around the country in July helped draw attention to three pending National Labor Relations Board cases that could cost millions of people their right to union representation.

Doug Parker, the new CEO of US Airways, listened to CWA and decided to bring back the U.S. call center jobs the airline's previous chief executive had farmed out to El Salvador, Mexico City and Manila.

A fierce public critic of outsourcing has been CNN's Lou Dobbs, who regularly uses his nightly news program to blast companies that are "Exporting America" and condemn politicans for making anti-worker trade deals.

At a time when other major printers have abandoned U.S. production facilities, MeadWestvaco has solidified its commitment to the Sidney, N.Y., area.