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Unparalleled community outreach and a successful voter registration drive set this year's CWA Civil Rights and Equity Conference apart and established the 325 participants as trainers who will focus on expanding minority participation in get-out-the-vote drives after returning to their own locals.

State University of New York teaching assistants and graduate assistants represented by CWA Local 1104 rallied in April against the state's contract offer.

CWA members joined unionists around the country on April 28 to remember thousands of workers who have died on the job and to call attention to the Bush administration's poor record on workplace safety.

A U.S. trade panel gave final clearance on May 14 for the imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of color televisions from the People's Republic of China, reported IUE-CWA President Mike Bindas.

More than 100 flight attendants marched on Capitol Hill on May 12 to urge Congress to force airlines to finally provide effective security training for flight crews to help prevent or thwart any future attempts at terrorism aboard an airplane.