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As bargaining with Verizon reconvened in Rye, N.Y., this week for 35,000 CWA members and 10,000 more at IBEW, negotiators went back to the table with a clear message: workers will not allow the company to destroy their collective bargaining rights or decades of hard-won progress made in past negotiations.

Verizon workers returned to work this week stronger than ever in their fight for a fair contract, fortified by the bravery they showed in striking during a recession and by the public's strong embrace of their courage and solidarity.

Outside a deli called "Grandma's" in Duluth, Minn., this week, chanting demonstrators ? including some angry grandmas ? shamed a GOP congressman who was charging people to attend his so-called town hall meeting inside.

Following revelations that Colombia may have misused U.S. government aid to probe and undermine the activities of labor leaders and union activists, CWA President Larry Cohen and United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard are calling on the House Select Intelligence Committee to investigate the matter.

When Verizon workers went on strike in 2000, it was five years before anyone had heard of YouTube. Fast forward to 2011 and dozens of amateur and professional videographers are helping CWA members tell their story on YouTube and other social networking sites where videos are posted.