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Thanks to tremendous get-out-the-vote efforts by CWAers and working families in Wisconsin, every Democratic senator was reelected in the series of recall elections prompted by Gov. Scott Walker's efforts, with Republicans, to strip workers of their bargaining rights.

In August and September, CWA members and retirees across the country are attending congressional town halls, visiting members of Congress at their district offices, and leafleting workplaces to hold Congress accountable for their votes on issues critical to workers and the middle class.

Verizon workers and supporters from throughout CWA can hear updates on the strike at tonight's "virtual union meeting." Leaders from CWA and IBEW, along with activists, will provide field reports and updates. Tune in at 7 p.m. to www.cwa-union.org/verizoncall.

So far in August, hundreds of CWA activists have taken part in more than 50 separate "Accountability Actions" aimed at holding members of Congress accountable for their votes on workers' rights and preserving the middle-class.

With the clock on a fair contract for 43,000 Verizon East workers running out at midnight, Saturday Aug. 6, the company has refused to budge from retrogressive bargaining proposals that it knows would be soundly rejected by CWA and IBEW-represented workers.