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Comcast pulled out all the stops to try to throw the union out in Oakland, Calif., but a determined inside committee mobilized workers to beat back a management-instigated union decertification campaign.

CWA has called on the Virginia State Corporation Commission to continue to fulfill its obligations to Virginia telephone customers by rejecting Verizon's request for total deregulation of basic voice and other services.

Retired CWA Representative James Dennis Jr. died April 23 of cancer at age 60.

CWA flight attendants are co-sponsoring a Transportation Day of Action on May 17 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to send elected leaders the message that, "We've had enough – enough of pension terminations, working without health care, and enough American jobs being sent overseas," said AFA-CWA President Pat Friend.

The CWA-supported Medicare for All Act was re-introduced in Congress on April 25 by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Representative John Dingell (D-Mich.). In a statement this week, the union called it an important step toward comprehensive reform of our health care system.