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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry joined AFA-CWA President Pat Friend in her criticism of the Bush administration's failure to protect airline workers and passengers and pledged that he will make it a priority if elected.

A union member who was second in command on John Kerry's swift boat in Vietnam says the first presidential debate showed the country the man he has long known as a "true commander in chief."

Please join us at the National Labor College as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day on April 28. As you will see on the attached flyer, the program begins with a 1 p.m. seminar on "Winning Benefits and Compensation for Those Whose Health Was Damaged in Rescue and Cleanup at the World Trade Center." The panel will have activists and victims from the tragedy. At 2:30 we will begin a candlelight ceremony remembering those who have died from workplace injury and illness.

Announced job cuts in September, numbering 107,863, leaped by 45 percent from the August figure and hit an 8-month high.

Alliance@IBM members and other workers at the company are a step closer to regaining the pension benefits they had earned before IBM unilaterally cashed in their pensions and substituted a cash balance plan.