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Striking CWA members at the Victoria Times-Colonist in British Columbia, joined on the picket line by press operators and composing room workers, have shut down the Canadian newspaper.

Going into the 2002 election, 2,640 union members held political office in states, towns and cities across the nation. The AFL-CIO has a goal of doubling that number.

Employees of bankrupt WorldCom and the AFL-CIO have filed papers asking a federal judge to grant the company’s request for court approval to pay all remaining severance benefits owed to workers who have lost their jobs.

With almost every state in the nation operating in the red due to President Bush’s $100 billion tax cut for corporations and a shrinking tax base caused by high unemployment, state and local elections this year take on a special importance.

For working families, the stakes in this year’s mid-term Congressional elections have never been greater. And the contrast between candidates has never been more pronounced.