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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.

To mark Workers Memorial Day on Saturday, April 28, CWA and other unions have spent the week honoring fallen workers and raising awareness about the startling toll of deaths and injuries on the job. Nationwide, 5,734 workers died in 2005, according to the latest AFL-CIO workplace fatality report.