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In writing my final column, as I prepare to step down as your president at this month's CWA convention, it would be tempting to reminisce. But this isn't a time to look backward. Our movement is in trouble.

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 overall.

The House handed President Bush a victory on CAFTA, but lawmakers who voted for the treaty may see a reprisal from organized labor when they run for reelection.

CWA bargainers have been holding marathon caucus sessions to work through extensive proposals from Qwest Communications.

"A Tale of Two Companies," part of a broad education effort that contrasts the positive labor relations of Cingular Wireless with those of Verizon Wireless, was welcomed enthusiastically at the AFL-CIO Convention.