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The strategic alliance established by CWA, the United Auto Workers, the United Steel Workers and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers already is showing results from the unions’ joint political actions with more plans underway to carry out a successful strategy for Election 2008.

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Concerned over pay, intimidation by management, and job security, a unit of 100 detention officers and 39 deputy sheriffs in the Woodbury County Sheriffs Department in Sioux City, Iowa, voted to affiliate with CWA last week, reports District 7 Vice President Annie Hill.

While the Bush administration continues its strong-arm tactics to try to pass the anti-worker Colombia Free Trade Agreement, members of Congress and U.S. unions this week welcomed a group of Colombian labor leaders who have received death threats, survived attempts on their lives and are still bravely fighting for workers' rights in a country where union activists are murdered.

CWAers and union members throughout Mississippi pulled together to bring about a stunning election victory as Democrat Travis Childers won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from the traditionally Republican first congressional district. CWA locals coordinated efforts with political alliance partner the United Steel Workers.