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Negotiations between CWA and Qwest Communications officially opened in Denver on June 22, with the CWA bargaining team and union members ready to stand strong for a fair wage increase, health care security, agreement on outsourcing and productivity issues, and employment security, among other concer

Imagine if President Bush had spent the time and effort that he has in pushing his private account scheme for Social Security by instead addressing a genuine social and economic crisis.

By that I mean the exploding costs and declining availability of health care.

CWA called on IBM Corp. to "come clean" and provide employees with full information about the planned job cuts that the company announced several weeks ago.

After attacking overtime, Social Security and an array of workers' rights, the Bush administration has now moved the Family and Medical Leave Act near the top of its hit list.

The U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case of two reporters facing jail time for refusing to testify about confidential sources is a major setback to one of the nation's core democratic principles, the public's right to know.