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Iraqi union leaders told CWA members and others in Washington D.C. this week as they began a nationwide speaking tour that Iraqi union activists are fighting to overcome tough obstacles to rebuild their country's labor movement.

Local 3871, representing 333 Sprint workers in Tennessee and Virginia, has become the third local to take a strike vote in the 2005 round of Sprint bargaining - almost three months before contract expiration.

The judge overseeing the US Airways bankruptcy proceeding refused to approve the golden parachutes of top executives, backing an objection filed by CWA, AFA-CWA, and the pilots and machinists unions along with the United States Trustee.

More than 150 Los Angeles Superior Court interpreters drew public attention to their contract fight last week with a high-spirited noontime rally at the criminal courts building.

CWA's Occupational Safety and Health Conference drew unprecedented participation from every district and sector.