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With 70,000 grocery workers still walking picket lines in southern California, the UFCW and AFL-CIO are launching a nationwide campaign to further pressure the Safeway, Kroger and Albertsons chains to settle the dispute, now in its fourth month.

The Newspaper Guild-CWA condemned the raids at the home and work office of an Ottawa reporter by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, calling on the Canadian prime minister and other leaders to end "this attack on press freedom and privacy."

Add CNN to the long list of union busters: The cable news giant has ended NABET-CWA's representation of more than 200 field camera crews and other technical workers in NYC and Washington.

In preparation for SBC bargaining, mobilization meetings and training are underway for local leaders and activists in the four districts representing SBC workers.