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After decades of a steady decline in worker bargaining rights, CWA leaders and others say the 2008 elections have finally opened a window of opportunity to restore Americans' organizing and bargaining rights and rebuild the country's tumbling economy.

CWA's long battle to protect AT&T Mobility workers from the excessive health care cost shifting demanded by the company has reached a conclusion with the arbitration decision released this week.

Two key telecom industry groups have recommended that CWA's proposal for expanding high-speed broadband coverage to all Americans be a major part of any economic plan being crafted by the incoming Obama administration to stimulate the economy and rebuild the nation's infrastructure.

Following an arbitrator's announcement of a plan that will dictate seniority integration for pilots at the merged Delta-Northwest, AFA-CWA-represented flight attendants at Northwest Airlines have reiterated that "date of hire" seniority is the only fair way to integrate the Northwest and Delta Air Line flight attendant groups.

Want to know how much trouble your state is in financially? The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities website is loaded with information but it boils down to one word: grim.