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Another 92 retail sales representatives who work across the state of Alaska have joined CWA through majority signup. The Alaska workers' determination to get a union voice had support from CWA members at Mobility, Avaya and Qwest and from AFA-CWA members, said CWA District 7 Organizing Coordinator Al Kogler.

CWA members joined with 400 fellow unionists in Greensboro, N.C., Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the courageous students who refused to leave a whites-only lunch counter at the city's Woolworth's store 50 years ago.

Organized labor has been a leader in helping workers gain college degrees and the latest in career training through affordable online degree programs. The AFL-CIO and the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md., are expanding educational opportunities for working families through a new partnership with the Princeton Review and its Penn Foster Education Group.

CWA told the Federal Communications Commission that it supports steps to protect an open Internet consistent with the need to promote investment in the nation's high-speed networks and create jobs.

A six-day "train the trainer" program on workplace health and safety using a participatory popular education approach.