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Responding to last December's layoff of 2,400 members at Verizon, CWA District 1 is continuing to press for contract arbitration, while mobilizing, lobbying and launching a three-pronged initiative to help laid-off workers with high-tech training and new, union jobs.

Two IUE-CWA employers set an example for other companies on Workers Memorial Day, joining the union in its remembrances and commitment to job safety.

When the World Health Organization on April 23 added Toronto to its list of cities travelers should avoid because of the SARS epidemic, CWA Local 1168 in Buffalo, N.Y., and District 1 health and safety activists scrambled to protect patients, health care workers and the community.

How bad is the financial situation for states, cities and school districts? Here's a snapshot of some of the major rollbacks and quality-of-life consequences:

In Texas, 250,000 poor children have been cut off from the Children's Health Insurance Program.

The sinking economy is squeezing the life out of state budgets. The table below shows the projected shortfall for10 states and the additional yearly loss in revenue under the Bush tax cut plan. Reports on every state are available online at www.ourfuture.org.