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As Congress began debate on a new immigration bill, members of TechsUnite and the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers (WashTech), CWA Local 37083, sent a message to Senators and Representatives: Increasing the number of H1-B visas issued is bad policy, for high tech workers and the U.S. economy.

It's nearing deadline, TNG-CWA members: There's just one week before the first round of digital media classes being offered by The Newspaper Guild and the CWA/NETT Academy begins.

Locals have one more week to submit entries for the CWA Local Newsletter Awards competition and have a chance to receive recognition at the Convention this July for their communications efforts. Entries must be postmarked no later than June 1.

A year after then-Gov. Mitt Romney vetoed the right of state workers to join unions when a majority of them sign cards, the Massachusetts House has passed a new version of the bill and the Senate is expected to follow suit.

The Bush White House has declared that the mere $6 a month – six dollars – that Democrats want to add to a pay package for America's troops is "unnecessary" and that the country's service members are already sufficiently compensated.