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Just how bad are things today in the Senate? If the climate of obstructionism in the Senate that exists today represented how that body has always operated, landmark legislation that brought social and economic justice to millions of Americans would never have been enacted. Organizing and bargaining rights through the National Labor Relations Act. Secure retirement and health care for older Americans that resulted from the Social Security and Medicare programs. An end to years of discrimination endured by people of color through the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.

CWAers, members of the Sierra Club and other activists have signed on for the BlueGreen Alliance's "The Job's Not Done Tour," aimed at urging Senate action on critical legislation that will create and save millions of jobs. The three-week, 17-state, 30-city bus tour, left Los Angeles this week.

In a win-win-win proposition for workers, consumers and the environment, CWA and the Sierra Club are working together to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed broadband networks.

CWA is joining the Steelworkers, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council as part of the Blue Green Alliance that is working to create good "green" jobs that help solve the problems of global warming.