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Morton Bahr, in his capacity as chair of the AFL-CIO Department for Professional Employees, wrote to the head of the American Medical Association on June 25 applauding the AMA "for recognizing the power of collective bargaining to restore the voice of physicians in our nation's health care system."

Following is the statement by Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America, on today's Federal Communications Commission action regarding the proposed SBC Communications-Ameritech Corp. merger.

Following is a statement by CWA President Morton Bahr on the announcement by the National Mediation Board of an expedited representation election for passenger service employees at US Airways:

The head of the 630,000-member Communications Workers of America (CWA) warned the governors of the 14 states served by US West that the proposed takeover of their phone company by Qwest Communications would drain jobs and investment from the region and further imperil already-declining service quali

Following are two documents: the joint press release issued today by NABET-CWA and ABC, Inc., and the NABET Bulletin to members.

The following press release is being issued jointly by NABET-CWA and ABC, Inc.

Contacts: For NABET-CWA, John Krieger, 202-434-1254