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"We are poised for the future because CWA is the union of the future," Morton Bahr declared in his acceptance speech after his election as just CWA's third president, in 1985.

Comcast Corp. employees in Texas scored a huge victory for workers' rights as they outlasted a tough anti-union campaign and voted for CWA representation.

CWA on Aug. 11 was certified through a card check recognition to represent 390 workers at a Cingular "Blue" call center in Memphis, Tenn.

The difference is night and day, and it came across clearly in a video introduced by CWA Vice Presidents Chris Shelton of District 1 and Andy Milburn of District 6 to the applause of 2,000 delegates and supporters at the July AFL-CIO Convention in Chicago.

CWA members in District 4 who work for SBC Yellow Pages stepped up mobilization as bargaining for a new contract continued past the Aug. 13 expiration as the CWA News went to press.

The contract covers more than 1,200 workers throughout District 4.