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Years of building support for the Employee Free Choice Act on the Hill paid off this week when labor leaders joined the bill's sponsors to announce that H.R. 800 was introduced in the House with bipartisan backing.

District 2 and Virginia locals are fighting Verizon's attempt to sneak through a bill in the legislature that would keep state regulators from having any say in the event of the sale or merger of a telecom carrier.

To help retired members stay connected to CWA, and to harness their energy for protecting key retiree issues — pensions, health care, Social Security and Medicare — CWA is now offering a special Lifetime Membership in the Retired Members' Council.

Local 1170 members are mobilizing behind an e-activist campaign to pressure Frontier Communications in Rochester, N.Y., to bargain a fair contract for 600 workers.

A university study of 173 countries shows that the United States ranks as one of the worst for providing leave for illnesses, new babies and family emergencies.