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Go to 'The Source' for Help with Writing, Editing, Media Relations
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October 18, 2007
Attention: CWA communicators. Do you need help with brushing up on writing skills, or with getting news coverage for your local union events? Then check out the "How-to" section of CWA's communications resource website – www.cwa-union.org/source – "The Source."
Reporters' Shield Law Passes Big in U.S. House but Faces Uphill Battle
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October 18, 2007
A federal shield law for reporters strongly supported by The Newspaper Guild-CWA was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House this week, though the bill now faces a divided Senate and a Bush veto threat.
Concerns in New England Rising over Verizon-FairPoint Deal
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October 18, 2007
Public concerns over Verizon's pending sale of phone lines to tiny FairPoint Communications are increasing in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire, where CWA and IBEW have been urging regulators to reject the deal as bad for consumers and workers.
Speed Matters Catches on as Presidential Campaign Issue in Iowa
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October 18, 2007
Access to high-speed Internet service isn't a major campaign issue like the war in Iraq or health care -- but voters are beginning to hear from presidential candidates why Speed Matters thanks to CWA activists who are taking the union's campaign to the candidates. This week, at a campaign stop in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said CWA's Speed Matters' campaign is crucial to building a "strong America" where "small towns. . . have the ability to compete."
So. Cal. Interpreters End Strike, Continue Fight for Fair Treatment
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October 18, 2007
With strong backing from political leaders who have promised to address their concerns, 400 CWA court interpreters in Southern California ended their 6-week strike on Wednesday.