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Members of the International Trade Union Confederation and Council of Global Unions are meeting with U.S. union leaders this week in Washington, focusing on ways to support international organizing campaigns and take on multinational companies.

At a news conference this week, Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) outlined their proposal to restore real debate and accountability to the U.S. Senate, and a growing number of senators are signing on.

The National Labor Relations Board is threatening lawsuits against four states for violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution in their attempts to restrict the rights of workers to organize unions.

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy of peaceful protest, CWA members were among hundreds of union activists who carried candles and marched to Cincinnati's City Hall last week to support public workers and the rights of all workers to bargain collectively.

Up to 129 million Americans, roughly half of the country's population under the age of 65, have pre-existing medical conditions that would put them at risk of losing their health insurance or make it impossible to get coverage without the Affordable Health Care Act.