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CWA's efforts to end domestic violence got a double boost at the 61st annual convention. Communications International General Secretary Philip Bowyer praised CWA Secretary- Treasurer Barbara Easterling, CI's World Women's Committee chair, for her leadership on the issue.

CWA delegates gave a rousing welcome to President William Jefferson Clinton, who used the CWA convention to provide the first public details of his plan to keep Medicare solvent while ensuring that it also keeps up with the advances of technology and modernization.

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.

CWA prepared to enter the 21st century as a strong, enduring - and growing - labor organization as nearly 2,500 delegates met in Miami Beach, Fla., July 12-14, for its 61st annual convention.

Health care professionals at five medical centers of the University of California won their first contract, addressing major concerns about quality and patient care issues and winning a package of wage and benefit improvements.