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Announcing his mammoth tax cut plan in February, President George W. Bush showed off a giant check made out for $1,600 - the amount he claimed the "average" family with two children would save annually under his plan.

Don't bet on it say economists and union leaders.

The unique challenges of organizing at AT&T's wireless, broadband and local service entities were the focus as 50 CWA local activists and staff members met in St. Louis recently for the union's fourth AT&T Organizing Institute.

More than 150 major institutional investors and shareholders of AT&T joined a conference call sponsored by the CWA and the AFL-CIO's Capital Stewardship Program to hear experts discuss the serious concerns surrounding the proposed breakup of the company.

Nearly 300 members of CWA Locals 13000 and 13500 rallied on the steps of the Pennsylvania state capitol, Feb.

Decimated by layoffs yet determined to win a fair contract, more than 250 members and supporters of CWA Local 14177 conducted a spirited rally in front of the New Era Cap Co.'s Derby, N.Y., headquarters on Feb. 16.