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CWA and other union members, along with journalists from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, protested outside the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. to urge the government to take action to end the CBC's lockout of 5,500 workers.

CWA EVP Jeff Rechenbach traveled to the Gulf with other labor leaders and, guided by the Red Cross, witnessed members beginning the slow process of recovery from Hurricane Katrina.

CWA's growth surge in representation of workers at Cingular in North Carolina and Wisconsin puts the union at the 5,000 mark for Cingular workers organized since the company's merger with AT&T Wireless.

CWA and the Teamsters have proposed an alliance to jointly represent passenger service agents at US Airways when the merger of America West and US Airways is completed.

President Bush says he must be frugal with government funds, so he wants to waive the rule requiring federal contractors to pay the prevailing wage for the area where the work is being done and suspend affirmative action requirements.