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With a sign proclaiming “Social Security Works,” CWA Legislative Representative Rosie Torres joins fellow CWA and other union members at a rally July 24 to oppose President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security.

The AFL-CIO’s new-fangled, old-fashioned Labor Day celebration is back. For the second year, the federation is bringing rousing speeches, games, music, polls and all sorts of other Labor Day activities to the Internet.

Healthcare reform was the focus as Buffalo, N.Y., CWA members and fellow activists headed to Toronto in August to learn how Canada finances and provides health services.

It’s hard to imagine the U.S. Department of Labor inviting another country’s union activists to come to the United States for an all-expense-paid learning exchange.