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With just about six weeks until Election Day, Alliance union members – from CWA, the Auto Workers, the Steel Workers and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers -- are working hard and working together in seven critical states to elect a president and members of Congress who support Employee Free Choice, health care reform, retirement security and fair trade.

Some CWA members lost their homes and others have serious repairs ahead after Hurricane Ike battered Galveston, Houston and nearby Gulf Coast communities last weekend, but reports from union leaders indicate that members and their families escaped without serious injury.

Concerned over pay, health care and other benefits, a majority of the workers at an AT&T Mobility call center in Oklahoma City gained representation this week through card check. The 106 workers, formerly employed by Dobson Communications, will be represented by Local 6016, reported District 6 Vice President Andy Milburn.

The CWA Customer Service Professionals Conference has been rescheduled for Dec. 7-9 in New Orleans. The conference was postponed from September due to the threat of Hurricane Ike.

AFA-CWA is asking the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to encourage Delta Air Lines to reform its labor practices and fully respect its workers' rights to organize.