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More workers with bargaining rights means a bigger, stronger voice for all workers, which is why organizing – even in the toughest of times – is labor's number-one job, CWA President Larry Cohen told delegates to the AFL-CIO convention in Pittsburgh.

President Barack Obama promised AFL-CIO convention delegates that he was dedicated to rebuilding America's middle class by giving workers and unions the tools to rebuild a strong labor movement.

Comcast workers' fight for fair contracts and a union voice was taken on by 2,500 AFL-CIO convention delegates who signed a CWA petition to educate elected officials, community leaders and activists in their hometowns about Comcast's attack on workers' rights.

Puerto Rico newspaper workers who were pushed out of their jobs at El Vocero in July and replaced by non-union employees continue to picket their building and offices of local politicians who are channeling U.S. stimulus fund to the union-busting publisher.

"CWA Women Building for the Future" was the focus of the national women's conference in St. Louis, and more than 150 CWAers joined in activities and discussions designed to empower women as leaders, unionists and political activists.