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Outside a deli called "Grandma's" in Duluth, Minn., this week, chanting demonstrators ? including some angry grandmas ? shamed a GOP congressman who was charging people to attend his so-called town hall meeting inside.

Following revelations that Colombia may have misused U.S. government aid to probe and undermine the activities of labor leaders and union activists, CWA President Larry Cohen and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard are calling on the House Select Intelligence Committee to investigate the matter.

Citing case after case in which employers have systematically thwarted and delayed workers' efforts to organize, CWA is urging the National Labor Relations Board to move forward with rule changes to streamline and speed up union elections.

A daylong "Stand Up for Ohio" festival on Saturday drew thousands of families to the fairgrounds in Columbus for music, speeches and bonding over shared goals to restore workers' rights and rebuild the state's middle class.

Tens of thousands of working Americans, other unions, students, civil rights, religious, and community groups have joined union members' fight to get Verizon to bargain in good faith. More than 150,000 people so far have signed CWA's online petition, urging Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam to stop union-busting and negotiate fairly.