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CWA and the Teamsters have proposed an alliance to jointly represent passenger service agents at US Airways when the merger of America West and US Airways is completed.

CWA's growth surge in representation of workers at Cingular in North Carolina and Wisconsin puts the union at the 5,000 mark for Cingular workers organized since the company's merger with AT&T Wireless.

CWA EVP Jeff Rechenbach traveled to the Gulf with other labor leaders and, guided by the Red Cross, witnessed members beginning the slow process of recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

CWA and other union members, along with journalists from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, protested outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. to urge the government to take action to end the CBC's lockout of 5,500 workers.

Showing overwhelming support for union representation, 48 former AT&T Wireless employees at Cingular Wireless -- 14 network technicians in Wisconsin and 34 retail sales associates in New Hampshire -- organized with CWA on Sept. 12 and 15.