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CWA is pressing the Department of Transportation to give furloughed airline customer service agents priority consideration in hiring for the new federal jobs created by Congress in the Airline Security Act.

Following the heart-breaking House vote of 215-214 that gave President Bush "fast-track" trade negotiating authority, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move a similar measure to the Senate floor. However, Senate action is not expected until February or later.

Through the significant efforts of Districts 1 and 3, hundreds of workers won CWA representation in December.

(Editors’ note: Freelance camera operator Tom Pecorelli of NABET-CWA Local 59053, lost his life when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center. The following was addressed to President Morton Bahr and the CWA family.)

It is almost impossible to imagine now, but less than 40 years ago in some parts of the United States, black Americans weren’t allowed to go to the same schools or restaurants as white Americans. They weren’t allowed to drink from the same water fountains or use the same restrooms.