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More than 11,000 people rallied outside Ohio's statehouse Saturday, officially kicking off the campaign to repeal the state's new law stripping public workers of their collective bargaining rights.

Fighting to save vital public services and good jobs, Texas State Employee Union-CWA members turned out in force last week in Austin, some of them riding buses all night, for their biggest Lobby Day ever.

CWAers joined with thousands of union members, students, senior citizens and working families in Lansing, Mich., this week to rally against devastating budget proposals that would slash vital services, raise taxes on those who can least afford it and give a $1.8 billion tax break to businesses.

As national, state and corporate attacks on unions intensify, CWA and the AFL-CIO are asking locals to make it an "immediate priority" to join and participate in their communities' central labor councils.

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