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Social safety net programs demeaned by the right and threatened with budget cuts have nearly halved the number of poor Americans while ensuring that millions of hungry children get food and health care.

A delegation of Taiwanese union officials and a key Taiwanese legislator has been meeting with regulators, analysts and reporters to reinforce their charge that the proposed U.S. offering for shares of Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., is illegal.

CWA and the IBEW have called on the FCC to deny the bid of Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to take over the assets of Adelphia Communications Corp.

Media coverage of last week's town hall forum highlighting Comcast's union-busting made a strong case for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act and proved a major embarrassment for the company.

Angry about casual hiring practices, contracting out, overtime and other issues, members of The Newspaper Guild-CWA at the Canadian Broadcast Corporation have voted by a huge majority to strike if necessary.