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Leafleting, rallies, "Tap on Tuesdays" and lots of other actions are underway at AT&T nationwide, as CWA members show their support for CWA bargaining teams and their determination to win contracts that maintain quality jobs and quality benefits. The six contracts cover 125,000 workers in every district and, with the exception of AT&T Southeast (former BellSouth), expire Apr. 4. The AT&T Southeast contract expires Aug. 6, but early bargaining is underway there.

CWA members and leaders, community residents and business leaders welcomed Vice President Joe Biden to the floor of the New Flyer bus manufacturing plant in St. Cloud, Minn., for the second meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families. New Flyer, whose employees are members of IUE-CWA Local 7304, is a leader in the production of hybrid, low-emission and alternative-fuel buses and other vehicles.

An independent poll by the Gallup Surveys organization shows that a majority of Americans support the Employee Free Choice Act. An independent poll by the Gallup Surveys organization shows that a majority of Americans support the Employee Free Choice Act.

CWA District 4 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call conducted Wednesday, March 18, 2009