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At the Dallas-Fort Worth airport this week, hundreds of American Airlines and American Eagle workers protested the huge pay and benefit cuts that parent AMR Corporation is demanding from front-line employees in its bankruptcy reorganization.

The activists, members of CWA's Legislative-Political Action Team, pressed Hanna on his refusal so far to support the offshoring bill, which would stop federal grants and loan guarantees to companies that move call center jobs overseas.

In District 2-13, CWAers leafleted more than 50 Verizon Wireless retail stores with the message: "We've given you so much, but now you're breaking our hearts. If you want to 'be ours,' focus more on good jobs and less on corporate greed."

Kevin Celata, administrator of CWA's successful CWA/NETT program was presented the Southwest Ohio Region Workforce Investment Board's top award last week for his leadership in helping to provide quality training for workers that resulted in good-paying jobs.

An ad produced by CWA was named best newspaper ad of 2011 at this year's Reed Awards.