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CWA Tells FCC to Act Quickly to Reform Universal Service Fund

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May 19, 2011
A public forum in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, gave local leaders an opportunity to press the Federal Communications Commission to move forward on high-speed broadband.

The forum was part of an FCC workshop on universal service fund reform. The FCC is looking at how to modernize the USF, established by the rewrite of the Telecommunications Act in 1996.

March on Wall Street Puts Spotlight on Income Gap, Harmful Budget Cuts

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May 19, 2011
About 20,000 people from a broad coalition of unions and community groups, including scores of red-shirted CWA members, marched on Wall Street last Thursday to decry the vast and growing income inequality that is even worse in New York City than the country as a whole.

Click Here: A Workers' Roundup of the Web's Best Articles & More

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May 19, 2011

We all have the urge to share when we read a thought-provoking story or watch a good video online. The CWA Newsletter wants to share, too. Check this space each week for links to valuable articles, editorials, videos and the occasional cartoon or photograph, that illuminate the battles we're fighting.

Why Is Rep. Petri Attempting to Silence Workers' Voices?

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Washington - At a time when ideologically-motivated assaults on workers remain salient and unpopular among his constituents back in Wisconsin, Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI) is nonetheless attempting to advance a measure in Washington that could be ripped from the anti-union playbook of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.