Other resolutions adopted:

• Building Sustainable Communities
• Support for Constituency Groups

CWA convention delegates pledged to join the growing "One Nation" movement and said they will do everything possible to make the October 2 march on Washington and other events a huge success.

One Nation, first proposed by the NAACP, has grown to include more than 170 labor, civil rights, environmental and progressive groups. "People of progressive and democratic values must reset the national political narrative and profoundly influence the national political climate. Americans need a wake-up call," delegates said. Locals and allies will be encouraged to participate in One Nation events, and delegates resolved to support "a core political agenda that encompasses the One Nation march theme: "Putting Americans Back to Work, Bringing America Back Together."

• Biennial conventions
• Merger of Districts 2 and 13
• Merger of Communications and Technologies and Telecommunications Sectors
• Vote on the Executive Board for the Canadian Director

CWA convention delegates again voted to move CWA forward and adopted several changes that will support every level of CWA in building our union. That action continues the work of the Ready for the Future plan that CWA began in 2005.

A new report by the Berger-Marks Foundation offers a "top ten list" to help unions attract and keep a new generation of workers, especially women members.

"Stepping Up, Stepping Back: Women 'Talk Union' Across Generations" provides some very specific suggestions to help increase activism and leadership among young workers, especially women. Download the report here.

The report is based on discussion among 30 women leaders who attended a "summit" in New Orleans; they came from more than 20 different unions and other organizations.

The nomination of William Boarman, president of CWA's Printing, Publishing & Media Workers Sector, to become the nation's next Public Printer was approved by the Senate Rules Committee and sent to the full Senate.

Upon confirmation by the Senate, Boarman would serve as the chief executive officer of the Government Printing Office, which publishes thousands of documents every year for the federal government.