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Former President Bill Clinton noted that in the next election, unions have the opportunity to sway the country away from the devastating Bush economic policies and restore basic principles of fairness, compassion and common sense to government.

As new contract negotiations with ABC begin, NABET-CWA has submitted a shareholder proposal urging Disney to link job performance to granting stock options to executives.

CWA President Morton Bahr called FCC decision to not regulate telephone line and switch leasing a disaster and pledged that CWA will work hard to safeguard workers' jobs.

After extended bargaining, Sprint workers arrived at new contracts in Missouri and Kansas on Feb. 27, and shortly past a midnight deadline on Feb. 28, in Ohio.

Labor Secretary Elaine Chao's "insulting" and "condescending" comments angered union leaders at last week's AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Florida. However, the experience has reinforced solidarity among unions.