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Just 16 days 'til hundreds of thousands of union members and progressive activists fill the mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the One Nation rally.

One Nation allies in New Jersey held a kickoff news conference and event this week at the State House. CWA's New Jersey coordinator Lionel Leach and District 1 Vice President Chris Shelton were on hand; check out the video at http://event.playonsports.com/widget.html?eventId=11985.

A powerful new report by the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, "Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence," gives voice to workers who testified about health and safety violations, immigrant worker exploitation, wage theft, employer intimidation, union suppression and other issues at the first National Asian Pacific American Workers' Rights Hearing. APALA, the AFL-CIO and more than 20 national and local organizations held the hearing to provide a national platform for Asian Americans and Pacific Islander workers to speak about challenges they face in the workplace.

The union election held last week among 20,000 telecom workers in Mexico City was another wake-up call that the global economy simply doesn't work when it comes to workers' rights.

CWA's Committee on Civil Rights and Equity has put together a special program for this year's civil rights and equity conference in New Orleans.