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Support in the U.S. Congress for workers' rights to form unions and bargain collectively continued to grow as CWA and thousands of other labor activists geared up for a week of workplace and community actions June 28-July 4 in support of the Employee Free Choice Act.

The first national Workers' Rights Board put the spotlight on the extensive abuses by Comcast Corp. and Wackenhut Corp., a private security firm, against workers simply trying to exercise their right to form a union and bargain fairly.

More than 400 Pittsburgh-area Comcast workers proved their determination to win a union contract, voting for CWA - again - despite the company's years of stalling and relentless harassment of union activists.

It's become the forgotten war as the news media daily focus on the U.S. occupation of Iraq, but the United States still has thousands of soldiers in Afghanistan.

A rash of organizing victories has brought CWA representation to more than 600 workers since the end of May.

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