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CWA's public workers and airline employees would be among millions of workers newly covered by federal safety and health laws under a bill introduced by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).

As shareholders arrived for Verizon's annual meeting, they were greeted by CWA and IBEW members and retirees who turned Verizon Wireless' slogan on its head with a comeback to recent remarks by CEO Ivan Seidenberg.

Members of CWA Locals 4400 and 4401 are counting down to a new contract at Cincinnati Bell, with negotiations continuing as the May 7 contract expiration neared.

Middle-class workers would suffer dramatic cuts in guaranteed retirement benefits under President Bush's latest scheme to dismantle Social Security.

A sea of union members, retirees and activists, joined by members of the House and Senate, rallied on Capitol Hill to send a message to the Bush administration and Congress who want to privatize Social Security and cut benefits.