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Delphi workers who were laid off in the past year from Packard Electric plants in Ohio are now eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance that provides job training and other aid for workers who are hit hard by imports and offshoring of jobs.

Active and retired St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper employees, members of the St. Louis Newspaper Guild/CWA Local 36047, are protesting the company's action to eliminate its contributions to retiree health care.

Voters overwhelmingly oppose a proposed tax on health care benefits, and 63 percent said they would be less likely to re-elect a lawmaker who votes for it, according to a new poll conducted for CWA in 10 key states.

CWA and two major employers, Verizon and AT&T, and the IBEW have joined forces to oppose the proposed excise tax now included in the Senate's health care reform bill and the provision that affects the Medicare Part D subsidy for prescription drug coverage.

CWA District 3 reached a tentative agreement with AT&T covering 35,000 CWA-represented workers at AT&T Southeast.