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CWA will continue assisting American Airlines passenger service agents in their drive to unionize despite a ruling denying the union's request for an immediate rerun election based on flagrant abuses by management during the previous representation vote late last year.

Organizing among health care workers, reform of commercial radio communications and support for efforts to strengthen Medicare and Social Security were among the resolutions adopted by CWA's 61st convention.

Built around a theme of "Operating With Attitude Beyond Y2K," CWA's National Operators Conference will take place Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Workers have a union voice for trade policy in Virginia K. Stevenson, recently appointed to the Missouri Governor's Task Force on Trade and Investment.

Workers from US Airways, American Airlines, AT&T's newest cable and telecom operations, and Microsoft brought their energy and enthusiasm for a CWA voice to the convention, as delegates focused on organizing and ways to continue to build the labor movement.