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In a week marked by the decision of three unions to withdraw from the AFL-CIO, delegates to the AFL-CIO Convention voted for big changes that will strengthen organizing, legislative and political activities and the labor movement.

Reporters found at protests are typically observers with notebooks, pens and cameras. But on July 6, scores of journalists turned out with picket signs at federal courthouses to take a stand for a press free from government interference.

District 1 announced that a new scholarship program for labor studies at Cornell University and elsewhere will honor the district's recently retired vice president, Larry Mancino. District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton made the announcement at a dinner in Mancino's honor on June 23.

A new CWA website gives members and their families the chance to speak out about the health care crisis and tell Congress, policy makers, the media and others how the nation's health care system is failing.

At Chicago's O'Hare airport, and at 20 more locations worldwide, AFA-CWA members at United, joined by AFA-CWA President Pat Friend, demonstrate what CHAOS means if United Airlines persists in seeking to throw out the flight attendants' pension plan.