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A new AFL-CIO video, "Justice: The Heart of Organizing," is being offered at no charge to union locals in hopes that leaders will show it at meetings, orientations and other events.

A CWA-backed bill introduced in the U.S. House last week would require call center employees to disclose their physical location when making calls to or receiving calls from consumers.

Protests by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA and its members is being cited as a big reason the FCC announced this week that it is dropping its inquiry into lifting the ban on cell phone use on airplanes during flight.

Through a combination of old-fashioned workplace discussions and information age communications, Local 1103 in Portchester, N.Y., enlisted 10 percent of its 1,500 members as part of a "Speed Matters Action Committee," or SMAC, in just a couple of months.

Online journalist Josh Wolf, who is being honored by The Newspaper Guild-CWA next month for refusing to turn over a protest video to authorities, was released from a federal detention center on Tuesday after spending 7 ½ months behind bars.