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At 8:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, March 25, C&T Local Presidents from across the country joined Local 2252 Officers, Members, Retirees, UNITE-HERE, AFGE, Labor Federation, Postal Workers, CLC & the CWA Bargaining team for a rally at the site of negotiations in Oakton, VA.

A new grassroots campaign, "Faces of the Employee Free Choice Act," gets underway next week, as more union members, including CWAers, plan visits to members of Congress in Washington, D.C., and in home offices during the Easter recess.

Supported by an active mobilization campaign in every CWA district, CWA bargaining teams at AT&T are working down to the wire to reach agreements with the company prior to April 4 contract expiration.

In findings that are appalling but not really a surprise, the government's watchdog agency reported that the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division under former President Bush regularly mishandled workers' complaints and failed to investigate and enforce the law on serious employer violations of minimum wage, overtime, and other labor laws.

Small business owners are bucking the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and speaking out as strong supporters of Employee Free Choice.