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The outcome of the 34 Senate races to be decided on Nov. 5 could not be more critical to the quality of CWA members and indeed all working Americans. Today, Democrats control the Senate by just one vote.

You want them to join CWA, but what do you say to young people who have never had the good pay and benefits that come from belonging to a union? It’s a challenge that union organizers face every day when they meet with young workers at job sites, local restaurants or at their homes.

It’s a hot-button topic in communities across the country: Who should police the police?

Striking CWA members at the Victoria Times-Colonist in British Columbia, joined on the picket line by press operators and composing room workers, have shut down the Canadian newspaper.

Going into the 2002 election, 2,640 union members held political office in states, towns and cities across the nation. The AFL-CIO has a goal of doubling that number.