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Built around a theme of "Operating With Attitude Beyond Y2K," CWA's National Operators Conference will take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

CWA's annual political fundraising took another leap toward "$2 Million by 2000," Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Easterling reported to the convention, with conviction that, "Our goal is in reach."

CWA's efforts to end domestic violence got a double boost at the 61st annual convention. Communications International General Secretary Philip Bowyer praised CWA Secretary- Treasurer Barbara Easterling, CI's World Women's Committee chair, for her leadership on the issue.

CWA delegates gave a rousing welcome to President William Jefferson Clinton, who used the CWA convention to provide the first public details of his plan to keep Medicare solvent while ensuring that it also keeps up with the advances of technology and modernization.

Organizing among health care workers, reform of commercial radio communications and support for efforts to strengthen Medicare and Social Security were among the resolutions adopted by CWA's 61st convention.