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At a Capitol Hill news conference July 20, CWA and fellow unions representing half a million media workers joined members of Congress to call for full public hearings as the Federal Communications Commission reconsiders its rules on media ownership.

Confounded by the company's attempt to hide behind bankruptcy proceedings rather than bargain, CWA members at Loral Skynet struck July 12 rather than accept an implemented contract.

WashTech research study reveals state governments increasingly are contracting with foreign outsourcing firms, sending millions of dollars in state taxpayer funds overseas.

CWA Local 1365 President Gary Nilsson began a hunger strike on July 1 to publicize Lucent's outsourcing of thousands of jobs and to protest Lucent's refusal to offer the same negotiated financial and pension package to all workers laid off at the plant.