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If November's election boiled down to the candidates' records on workers' rights, even the White House's most shameless spin doctors would have trouble making a case for George W. Bush.

Health care costs on President Bush's watch have skyrocketed, placing increased pressure on America's working families and leaving 45 million people uninsured.

The White House billed its tax cuts for the rich as a "Jobs and Growth Plan," and even now, despite all the cruel evidence to the contrary, President Bush hails it as a victory. "The economy is strong," he says like a broken record.

The question is being posed a lot these days, on both sides of the battle for president of the United States: Are you better off today than you were four years ago?

In addition to heartily supporting the Kerry-Edwards ticket for the White House, delegates to the 66th annual CWA convention committed to fight for economic security and health care for all Americans and urged passage of card check and neutrality legislation to end workers' struggles to organize and