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Due in part to the IUE-CWA merger, but even more to the union’s emphasis on member-to-member fundraising, contributions to CWA-COPE for 2001 increased by $847,107 for a total of $2,644,784.

As her tears flowed, Florence Ngobeni said that standing before the convention hall full of CWA members, whose locals have given generously to pediatric aids research, “was a dream come true.”

Retirement security, a Medicare prescription drug benefit, economic fairness, immigration policies and fundraising for worker-friendly politics were among the issues addressed in resolutions at CWA’s 64th annual convention.

Delegates resolved to do the following:

John Kerry didn’t pull any punches: The three-term Massachusetts Democrat is fed up with hypocrisy from his colleagues on the other side of the U.S. Senate aisle who couldn’t wait to shake hands and take pictures with New York’s firefighters in the wake of Sept. 11.

There was plenty for delegates to cheer: massive organizing victories at Verizon, AT&T Broadband and Cingular Wireless, a strike-ending contract at New Era Cap Co., and the affiliation of public safety officers of the fourth oldest state police agency in the country.