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Senator John Kerry is pledging to make workers' rights, job creation, fair trade and health care reform top priorities if elected president, and he's got a track record that says he'll keep those promises, said CWA President Morton Bahr in announcing the union's endorsement of the senator on Jan.

CWA is leaving no corner of the country behind as it heads toward Election Day 2004, pledging to create its most ambitious political network ever to send President George W. Bush back to Texas.

Bargaining kicked off in February for new contracts covering 100,000 workers at SBC Communications in four CWA districts.

A tidal wave of support from advertisers and community leaders helped NABET-CWA members in Youngstown, Ohio, win a hugely improved contract 13 days after being locked out by the city's NBC affiliate.

A successful card check campaign has certified CWA to represent an additional 1,600 New Mexico state workers, reported District 7 Vice President John Thompson.