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It's not too late to make that phone call and tell your representative in Congress to vote "YES" on America's Affordable Health Choices Act, H.R. 3200.

Lots of CWA health care actions underway. At a great event in Boston, more than 300 union and community activists from across the state, including lots of members of IUE-CWA Local 81201 in Lynn, Mass., rallied outside the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans.

Mobilization rolls on at AT&T locations nationwide, as CWAers keep up the fight for fair contracts.

As bargaining continues on a new contract covering 3,500 CWAers at Verizon Southwest, members of Local 6171 have stepped up mobilization actions to support their bargaining team as the contract deadline approaches, said bargaining chair and District 6 Staff Representative Jerrell Miller. The current agreement expires on Saturday night, August 15.

When Alcatel-Lucent won a bid to upgrade equipment at two 911 centers in Nebraska and Iowa, CWAers at the company hoped it would mean more work. Since April, many of CWA's 1,400 Alcatel-Lucent installers have had to work a reduced, 32-hour, work week because of the economy.