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Progress and challenges were the twin focus of the 2010 CWA Civil Rights and Equity Conference, which drew more than 200 members and leaders to New Orleans last week. The National Civil Rights and Equity Committee spent months planning the conference. The members, one from each CWA district, are Local 1180 Secretary-Treasurer Gloria Middleton; Local 2222 Vice President William Steele; Local 3806 Area Rep (AT&T Mobility) Esther Pond; Local 4123 Secretary-Treasurer Gloria Lamas; Local 6016 Vice President (Avaya) Audry Brown; Local 7800 President Michael Lynch; Local 9413 Executive Vice President Elizabeth Sorenson; and Local 13100 Rep-At-Large Michael Biddle.

Despite their best efforts, Senate Republicans and three Democrats-in-name-only couldn't block new National Mediation Board rules that will finally bring democracy to union elections for flight attendants, passenger service agents and other airline and rail workers.

Nine days to go! CWA is counting down to the Oct. 2 One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, where thousands of CWAers will gather at the Lincoln Memorial with hundreds of thousands of others to call for good jobs, bargaining rights, government that works and other issues critical to working families.

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.

Congress is back, and CWA is working with House and Senate leaders over the short four-week session to move forward on legislation to support good jobs and help middle class families.