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There?s a lot to talk about on tonight?s CWA Telephone Town Hall. CWA activists from around the country will report on the battle in Wisconsin; organizing at General Electric in Burlington, IA; bBargaining and mobilization at AT&T; the June 22 Day of Action in support of Verizon and Verizon Wireless workers and the election 2012 kickoff in New York State.

Bargaining continues for separate contracts covering CWA members at AT&T Midwest, AT&T West, AT&T East and AT&T Legacy. Bargaining teams are reporting some progress and are calling on members to step up mobilization to show the companies that we?re serious about our fight to hold on to the American Dream.

CWA activists, Jobs with Justice members and 99% Power allies are ready for tomorrow?s Verizon Day of Action. There will be a lot of new actions that send a message not only to Verizon executives but to members of its board of directors that workers deserve a fair contract, not more corporate greed.

American Airlines agents and supporters rallied today outside the U.S. District Court in Ft. Worth, Tex., then went inside where Judge Terry Means was hearing American Airlines? case for a preliminary injunction that would further stop the 10,000 agents from their exercising democratic right to vote.

Workers at the General Electric switchgear plant in Burlington, Iowa did everything they could to save their company, even taking pay cuts of 30-50 percent to keep the plant running.