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In a teleconference with more than 200 local union presidents, CWA President Larry Cohen and Executive Vice President Annie Hill laid out the strategy to win real health care reform. Cohen stressed that "the work we do over the next eight or nine weeks will be decisive as to whether we improve conditions for our members and our families. We can't sit and watch and hope. We have to be fired up and get this done," he said.

CWA members from five Massachusetts locals jammed a hearing at the State House where a legislative committee was debating a bill to appoint a temporary interim Senator to fill the seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Wearing CWA red, members filled an entire section and made it clear that Massachusetts working families need two senators to represent them, especially in these critical times.

While we prepare our next set of Q&As, here's something to think about.

The attached document contains the answers to questions that were asked by your Local officers during our Contract Explanation meeting on September 3rd.

With tough battles continuing over health care reform and Employee Free Choice, CWAers are being urged to step up their voluntary contributions to CWA-COPE when the program's fundraising drive kicks off Sept. 14