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CWA Local 1133's bargaining team reached a tentative agreement with Catholic Health System and Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.

A big victory for a campaign dubbed "One Big Bang" has created a new unit of The Newspaper Guild-CWA comprising 225 workers at the largest newspaper company in northern California's Bay Area.

The Breast Cancer Site was founded to help offer free mammograms to women in need?women for whom early detection would not otherwise be possible. Since its launch in October 2000, the site has established itself as a leader in online activism and in the fight to prevent breast cancer deaths.

CWA-represented nurses and other health care workers held a huge rally and informational picket line outside Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, N.Y., following an overwhelming vote by members to authorize a strike if a fair contract isn't reached.

Delta Air Lines management engaged in tactics that interfered with the flight attendants' ability to have a fair and free union election, AFA-CWA stated in formal interference charges it filed this week with the National Mediation Board, which governs labor relations in the airline industry. The union's allegations include substantial evidence that the airline employed aggressive tactics designed to defeat the workers' campaign for representation.