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The AFL-CIO is working to secure severance pay, medical coverage and other benefits for laid off WorldCom workers and is meeting with WorldCom attorneys to press the company to keep its promises.

Arguments on US Airways' bid to throw out its collective bargaining agreements with CWA and the Machinists will be heard by the bankruptcy court on Sept. 10.

President George W. Bush has vetoed a badly needed increase in funding of the medical screening program that is helping CWA members and other workers exposed to hazards at the site of the World Trade Center collapse.

Members of IUE-CWA Local 81266, on strike at SPX Corp. in Newington, Conn., face a tough fight with the aerospace components manufacturer.

Despite the administration's claim of a positive economic outlook, a new AFL-CIO report shows that working families are still reeling from the downturn that began last year.