CWA mapped out a middle course for the Federal Communications Commission to follow in crafting rules to protect an open and free Internet.

In comments submitted to the FCC's Open Internet Proceeding, CWA noted that the FCC's National Broadband Plan sets ambitious broadband deployment goals to bring our nation's infrastructure to global standards, which will be financed mostly with private capital. The FCC should chart a middle course by adopting rules that will maintain a free and open Internet while preserving adequate incentives to promote job-creating investment in innovative broadband networks.

Nothing scares Big Business as much as a pro-worker elected official. Which explains why the Arkansas Chamber of Commerce is desperately trying to keep Lt. Governor and Democrat Bill Halter out of the U.S. Senate.

The Chamber is running TV ads championing Halter's Democratic opponent, incumbent Sen. Blanche Lincoln, who joined Republicans in opposing the Employee Free Choice Act and voting against health care reform.

As CWA locals nationwide joined other unions and activists on Apr. 28 to remember workers killed or harmed on the job, President Obama did something no other U.S. president has done: he issued a proclamation officially marking the date as Workers Memorial Day.

Obama said the most recent mining disaster is a tragic reminder that "we remain too far from fulfilling the promise" of safe workplaces, as established 40 years ago by the original Occupational Safety and Health Act.

What's more exciting than a trip to Las Vegas? How about a chance to win a free trip to Las Vegas by signing up for COPE or increasing your contribution by as little as $1 a week?

May 1 kicks off CWA's biggest COPE contest ever. Locals will have a little over six months to sign up new COPE members and urge those already participating to increase their contributions.