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It’s one of the best-kept secrets in health insurance today, but CWA, the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the AFL-CIO are working hard to spread the word: If employers’ health plans cover prescription drugs, they’ve also got to cover women’s birth control.

CWA is urging U.S. House members to support the Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act, H.R. 3884, which would limit the ability of companies to move their headquarters to foreign countries to avoid paying taxes in the United States.

Business accountability suddenly emerged as a huge news topic in the wake of corporate bankruptcies, accounting scandals and stories of CEOs looting their corporations of hundreds of millions of dollars while workers lose their jobs and retirement security.

A labor delegation’s summer trip to Taiwan raised the spirits of Chinese Daily News workers in Los Angeles whose managers have long refused to recognize their bargaining unit and persist in a cruel campaign of fear tactics and humiliation against pro-union employees.

CWA is urging members who worked or volunteered at the site of the World Trade Center collapse to take part in free medical screenings and related services, even if they have seen their own doctor.