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The CWA bargaining team has reached a tentative first contract with Piedmont Airlines covering 3,500 fleet and passenger service agents.

CWA activists? get-out-the-vote efforts have gone into overdrive in the last few days before Wisconsin?s recall election.

AFA-CWA flight attendants at Horizon Air and Air Wisconsin reached tentative contracts with management this month.

The federal judge overseeing the AmericanAirlines bankruptcy proceedings is urging the company to negotiate with unions over new contracts. Judge Sean Lane delayed a decision on the airline?s call for termination of the contracts, stating, ?I urge, and I cannot urge this any more strongly, that the parties resolve this where they need to resolve this ? the negotiating table.?

CWA and 200 allies are urging President Barack Obama to use his executive power to ?prevent the catastrophic release of extremely hazardous chemicals.?