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In an outrageous attack on workers' rights that has furloughed 100,000 workers, House Republicans are refusing to reauthorize funding for the FAA unless the bill is stripped of provisions for fair and democratic union elections at airlines.

Calling it an "outsourcers' bill of rights," U.S. House Democrats are condemning the Republican's newest attack on workers, a bill that would bar the National Labor Relations Board from penalizing companies that close plants and move work to avoid unions.

Martin O'Hanlon, a newspaper editor in Ottawa and deputy director of CWA Canada for seven years, has been elected to take over for retiring Director Arnold Amber.

Several CWA retirees got a jump start on August Accountability Month, joining a coalition of activists last week at the office of a New York congresswoman who voted for the Paul Ryan budget and its attacks on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Chere Chaney, an executive board member and former president of CWA Local 6450, has been honored as the Seth Slocum Union Advocate of the Year by the Labor Education Political Club Independent in Kansas City, Mo.