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CWA locals in the Gulf region got ready this week to help members tap the union's Disaster Relief Fund for aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Thanks to strong inside committees and support from CWA members at Cingular Wireless, 1,578 former AT&T Wireless customer service representatives gained CWA representation at Cingular call centers in Oklahoma City, Okla., and Portland, Ore., on Sept. 2 and Sept. 6 respectively.

CWA members are giving generously while union leaders assess the shattering toll on CWA families.

CWA members on the job are in the thick of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, working in conditions that some journalists are likening to war zones.

In his first speech as president of CWA, Larry Cohen issued a challenge to the union's 1,000 employers in the United States and Canada to work with union members to "define what leadership really means."