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CWA and the UAW have set up a new legislative alliance that will work to advance the issues important to the unions' 2 million active and retired workers and all working families: workers' bargaining rights through the Employee Free Choice Act, real health care reform, fair trade, retirement security and more.

"CWA Women Building for the Future" was the focus of the national women's conference in St. Louis, and more than 150 CWAers joined in activities and discussions designed to empower women as leaders, unionists and political activists.

Puerto Rico newspaper workers who were pushed out of their jobs at El Vocero in July and replaced by non-union employees continue to picket their building and offices of local politicians who are channeling U.S. stimulus fund to the union-busting publisher.

Comcast workers' fight for fair contracts and a union voice was taken on by 2,500 AFL-CIO convention delegates who signed a CWA petition to educate elected officials, community leaders and activists in their hometowns about Comcast's attack on workers' rights.

President Barack Obama promised AFL-CIO convention delegates that he was dedicated to rebuilding America's middle class by giving workers and unions the tools to rebuild a strong labor movement.