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Concerned over pay, intimidation by management, and job security, a unit of 100 detention officers and 39 deputy sheriffs in the Woodbury County Sheriffs Department in Sioux City, Iowa, voted to affiliate with CWA last week, reports District 7 Vice President Annie Hill.

A House committee voted to close a gaping loophole in the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that allows airlines to deny coverage to flight attendants and pilots. This week, following a year-long lobbying campaign by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the House Education and Labor Committee voted unanimously to approve legislation that would extend FMLA coverage to some 200,000 crew members.

CWA President Larry Cohen, a super delegate and member of the Democratic National Committee, today announced his commitment to support Senator Barack Obama as the Democratic presidential nominee.

While the Bush administration continues its strong-arm tactics to try to pass the anti-worker Colombia Free Trade Agreement, members of Congress and U.S. unions this week welcomed a group of Colombian labor leaders who have received death threats, survived attempts on their lives and are still bravely fighting for workers' rights in a country where union activists are murdered.

CWAers and union members throughout Mississippi pulled together to bring about a stunning election victory as Democrat Travis Childers won election to the U.S. House of Representatives from the traditionally Republican first congressional district. CWA locals coordinated efforts with political alliance partner the United Steel Workers.