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A powerful new report by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, "Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence," gives voice to workers who testified about health and safety violations, immigrant worker exploitation, wage theft, employer intimidation, union suppression and other issues at the first National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing. APALA, the AFL-CIO and more than 20 national and local organizations held the hearing to provide a national platform for Asian Americans and Pacific Islander workers to speak about challenges they face in the workplace.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences awarded a five-year grant to CWA's Occupational Safety and Health Department and the United Steelworkers' Tony Mazzocchi Center for health, safety, and environment education. Together, CWA and the Steelworkers will develop worker-to-worker training on a variety of safety and health issues on the job. CWA's share of the grant, which runs through July 2015, is $2.5 million.

Over the last three months, another 1,061 CWAers have signed up for COPE, or increased their contributions by at least $1 a week. CWA's political team has been working hard, providing information to members about COPE, their members of Congress and why it's so important for CWAers to participate in the political and legislative process.

Minutes of the CWA District 4 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call conducted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.