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Retired District 2 Vice President Peter G. Catucci, who spent a lifetime fighting for working families, died April 3 after battling ALS disease for more than two years. Catucci, 60, was CWA's longest-serving district vice president, having won election to the post at CWA's 48th Convention in 1986.

As thousands of union activists are using the Congressional recess to talk to lawmakers about the Employee Free Choice Act, a new TV ad hit national airwaves Thursday exposing the true motive – greed -- of those spending millions to try to defeat the bill.

Brenda Scott, president of CWA Local 3570, is running for mayor of Jackson, Miss., a city and state where she has successfully organized more than 3,000 members against some of the toughest odds in the country.

Sixty IUE-CWA members were among several hundred union activists and supporters in Lynn, Mass., who protested Bank of America's numerous home foreclosures and its anti-union campaign, all while taking taxpayers' bailout money.

In the days since their contracts expired last weekend, CWA members at AT&T have stepped up a busy schedule of rallies and actions. From leafleting outside the NCAA basketball finals and opening day of Major League Baseball games to demonstrations outside AT&T offices and even more standups and taps inside AT&T operations, CWA members sent management a clear message: we want a fair contract.