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CWA Vice Presidents Jimmy Smith, District 3, and Jimmy Gurganus, Telecommunications, joined CWA members in separate visits to picket lines and meetings with Kentucky strikers who have been on strike against ALLTEL since June 8. Bargaining resumed after hard work and strong labor community support for the strikers.

As they did in the mid-1990s, Texas state employees represented by CWA are fighting to save thousands of jobs and protect badly needed human services targeted for cuts and privatization under legislation passed earlier this year.

Council members in 23 California cities have joined CWA, state legislators and the state Public Utilities Commission in expressing concern about the telecom industry's failure to create jobs and invest in capital projects.

The U.S. House voted down a spending bill amendment that would have protected American workers' right to overtime, however, CWA President Bahr vowed to continue the fight in Congress and the media to ensure workers understand that the 40-hour workweek is in serious peril.

CWA-represented technical and research workers at the University of California overwhelmingly ratified a strong two-year contract that improves job security, wages and union rights.