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CWA President Larry Cohen will take CWA members' top issues to the Democratic candidates at a forum in Waterloo, Iowa on Aug. 15.

Just days after workers reached a settlement with Vodacom ending the South African wireless company's 5-week lockout, management has retaliated against union activists, suspending 13 workers when they returned to work on August 7.

IUE-CWA has reached a tentative four-year agreement with Delphi Corp. that provides an array of choices to help members best provide for themselves and their families as the Michigan-based auto parts supplier continues its struggle to emerge from bankruptcy, division President Jim Clark announced.

AFA-CWA's Janette Rook was standing in line in front of the stage Tuesday night in withering Chicago heat at Soldier Field eager to ask her question when the clock ran out on the AFL-CIO's Democratic Presidential Forum.

"One Year 'til Expiration" demonstrations by CWA and IBEW members on August 2 succeeded in getting the message out that workers won't stand still for attacks on their jobs, health care and other benefits when contract talks for Verizon East workers open next year. Thousands of activists turned out for bargaining mobilization events, held from Boston to Virginia and West Virginia. And support even came from the West Coast where 125 CWA members in Upland, Calif., braved 95-degree heat in a solidarity rally for their Verizon East brothers and sisters.