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Noted musicians have joined an activist coalition to spread the word about the threat that growing media consolidation, unfair trade and greed-based economics pose to democracy.

CWA President Morton Bahr and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney joined workers and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to unveil legislation that will be the centerpiece of Dec. 10 events launching a nationwide campaign to restore workers' freedom to form unions.

District 1 CWA members meeting in Providence, R.I., joined other supporters at a rally to give a big boost to CWA-TNG members fighting for a fair contract at the Providence Journal.

Members of the Montreal Newspaper Guild-CWA won a major victory with the recent decision that newspaper workers, not local management or corporate executives, have the absolute right to control the use of their bylines and credit lines.

CWA members will join thousands of union activists and a coalition of international, community and environmental allies who will call for fair rules for the global economy during the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks Nov. 19-21 in Miami.