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Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed an executive order establishing a "meet and confer" process for discussing with CWA the hours, working conditions, safety and other issues affecting 9,600 employees of the state's Department of Corrections, including 3,600 members of CWA's Arizona Coalition of Police and Sheriffs (AZCOPS), Local 7077.

Backed by community leaders in upstate New York, a small but determined unit of CWA members are taking on media giant Time Warner, challenging one town after another to consider whether the union-busting monopoly cable company deserves their business.

CWA and Jobs with Justice (JwJ) have announced a contest for progressive student activists with a flair for video production. Individuals and campus groups are invited to submit a 1 to 3 minute "YouTube style" video highlighting the failure of U.S. labor laws to protect workers' rights and why America needs the Employee Free Choice Act.

Responding to objections by IUE-CWA and the Auto Workers to Delphi's proposed management compensation plan, bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain drastically slashed Delphi's proposed $87 million in cash bonuses for executives to $16.5 million.

President Bush has nominated anti-worker NLRB Chairman Robert Battista to another term on the board, just a month after Battista told a joint Senate-House hearing that he doesn't believe the primary purpose of the National Labor Relations Act is to promote collective bargaining.