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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.

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.

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."

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.

While the push is on to take back the White House in 2008, CWA and other unions are already building momentum, mobilizing behind key races up for grabs this November in Virginia, Kentucky and New Jersey.