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Backed by community leaders in upstate New York, a small but determined unit of CWA members are taking on media giant Time Warner, challenging one town after another to consider whether the union-busting monopoly cable company deserves their business.

CWA and Jobs with Justice (JwJ) have announced a contest for progressive student activists with a flair for video production. Individuals and campus groups are invited to submit a 1 to 3 minute "YouTube style" video highlighting the failure of U.S. labor laws to protect workers' rights and why America needs the Employee Free Choice Act.

Responding to objections by IUE-CWA and the Auto Workers to Delphi's proposed management compensation plan, bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain drastically slashed Delphi's proposed $87 million in cash bonuses for executives to $16.5 million.

President Bush has nominated anti-worker NLRB Chairman Robert Battista to another term on the board, just a month after Battista told a joint Senate-House hearing that he doesn't believe the primary purpose of the National Labor Relations Act is to promote collective bargaining.

A staffing crisis among air traffic controllers is dangerous and getting worse, the union representing them warned this week as it added Oakland, Calif., to a list of five other areas with major airports and staffing emergencies.