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The FCC vote this week reversing the three-decade ban on cross-ownership of a community's newspapers and broadcast stations is one more blow to media diversity in the United States, say CWA and its broadcast, newspaper and printing sectors.

AFA-CWA's persistence on two vital issues paid off Wednesday as Congress passed an omnibus bill that includes seniority protections for airline workers and funding to follow-up on a study of the effects of fatigue on flight attendants.

Republicans on Dec. 18 broke their own record for filibusters in the Senate when they forced the 62nd cloture vote of the current legislative session on a portion of the omnibus federal appropriations bill dealing with funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Journalists covering Iraq and other hot spots around the world were killed in near-record numbers in 2007, with 64 job-related deaths reported with two weeks still left in the year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

IUE-CWA Local 81320 is helping kids connect with Santa Claus this holiday season, through the Santa hotline hosted at the local's hall in Syracuse, N.Y.