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The Broadband Data Improvement Act (S. 1492), a key initiative of CWA's Speed Matters campaign, passed the Senate unanimously on Friday and the House passed it's version of the bill on Monday. Slight differences in the bills were ironed out in a joint committee yesterday and the measure has been sent to the president's desk.

In an unusual protest by a businessman on behalf of workers, a St. Louis car dealer has temporarily pulled his ads from the Post-Dispatch because he's angry that the newspaper is sending advertising typesetting jobs to India – work now done by CWA-represented printers.

The National Mediation Board ruled 2-1 this week against investigating numerous charges against Delta Airlines management for interfering with workers' rights during the recent election for AFA-CWA representation.

Cards from CWAers signing on to the Million Member Mobilization for Employee Free Choice continue to pour in. As of Oct. 1, that number has reached 95,021.

Dozens of new election 2008 photos and election handouts (on taxes, health care, Social Security and other issues) have been added this week to the Source, CWA's website for local union communicators.