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Disgusted but not surprised by President Bush's veto Wednesday of a health insurance program for low-income children, union leaders joined a loud chorus of outrage from the bill's supporters – an unusual coalition that brought Republicans and even insurance industry leaders together with Democrats.

CWA's settlement last month with Verizon to train all Maryland technicians about electrical safety and health issues has been expanded to cover technicians throughout District 2.

"For Pete's Sake." That's the slogan District 2 locals have adopted in organizing fundraising walks to help in the fight against ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. The slogan refers to Pete Catucci, CWA vice president of District 2, who is himself fighting ALS and who gave an appeal on behalf of stem cell research at the CWA convention.

A one-stop shopping center for CWA newsletter editors, webmasters, local leaders and organizers and anyone who needs a hand communicating with members or the public is now available at a new website, The Source, online at www.cwa-union.org/source.

In yet another attack on workers' organizing rights, the Republican majority members on the National Labor Relations Board ruled that decertification petitions, or an election petition from a rival union, can be filed within a 45-day period of the time an employer grants union recognition to employees based on majority card check.