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As the economic stimulus issue has turned into a political football game, organized labor is making sure that union members and the general public know that it is congressional Republicans and the president who are trying to ram through a tax giveaway package for corporations and the wealthy that ignores workers' needs and fails to address the immediate recession.

The CWA/ITU Negotiated Pension Plan won a $110 million settlement in a securities fraud case against an accounting firm for its role in misleading shareholders - including CWA members - about the financial health of the now-bankrupt Sunbeam Corp.

Amid major AT&T restructuring, CWA local union officers are meeting in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 6-9 to set bargaining goals and plan for negotiations that will get underway this spring.

Through the significant efforts of Districts 1 and 3, hundreds of workers won CWA representation in December.

Following the heart-breaking House vote of 215-214 that gave President Bush "fast-track" trade negotiating authority, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move a similar measure to the Senate floor. However, Senate action is not expected until February or later.