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CWA filed charges with the NLRB over Comcast Corp.'s bad faith bargaining that resulted in workers in the Pittsburgh area being forced to accept a layoff or face future job losses with no severance support.

When confronted with union members calling attention to the devastating effects of overtime rule changes, Bush campaign workers dismissed the demonstrators as "thugs" and ignored their message.

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry joined AFA-CWA President Pat Friend in her criticism of the Bush administration's failure to protect airline workers and passengers and pledged that he will make it a priority if elected.

A union member who was second in command on John Kerry's swift boat in Vietnam says the first presidential debate showed the country the man he has long known as a "true commander in chief."

Please join us at the National Labor College as we commemorate Workers Memorial Day on April 28. As you will see on the attached flyer, the program begins with a 1 p.m. seminar on "Winning Benefits and Compensation for Those Whose Health Was Damaged in Rescue and Cleanup at the World Trade Center." The panel will have activists and victims from the tragedy. At 2:30 we will begin a candlelight ceremony remembering those who have died from workplace injury and illness.