Washington Post mailers Post mailers and their supporters hailed the arrival of executives at FOSE, a technology exhibition for professionals, with an informational picket event.
CWA and SBC negotiators at the national table in Washington had several meetings and discussions with federal mediators over the past week. Following the March 25 session, the parties agreed that the next formal talks at the national bargaining table are set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 31, at the office of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.
CWA members are among unemployed workers touring the Midwest with the AFL-CIO's "Show Us the Jobs" bus campaign to get the word out that every day more than 85 thousand Americans are losing their jobs.
The AFL-CIO took unprecedented action March 16 to stem the loss of American manufacturing jobs to China and to seek sanctions against that nation for its brutal repression of workers' rights.