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As part of the campaign to expose Comcast Communications' bad behavior, CWA has been working with communities that are learning firsthand how Comcast tries to bully elected officials and consumers, as well as employees.

Comcast Communications' initial $54 billion bid to buy the Walt Disney Co. was rejected by Disney's board of directors but that hasn't thwarted the union-busting cable giant.

CWA is gathering allies in a campaign at federal and state levels to subject companies providing voice telephony over the Internet to the same rules and social obligations as traditional telecommunications providers.

Members of TNG-CWA Local 31041 voted decisively in February to ratify first contracts at the Worcester Telegram and Gazette in Massachusetts after years of mobilization and bargaining.

A February hearing by the Massachusetts Workers' Rights Board provided a public forum that exposed the Boston Globe's treatment of 1,200 workers at the newspaper.