AFTRA writers and producers will describe their frustration at below-
market wages . AFTRA says it will do
everything possible to avoid a strike. Philly AFTRA Hall of Fame winners Larry Kane and Bill
Campbell will present this year's award to broadcasting legend Tom Moran. United
Airlines recently announced closure of the Paris domicile effective May 1,
2006.

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The KYW AFTRANs will take a strike authorization vote Wednesday, May 11.
Diane Heery of Heery Casting will detail a new 13-week MTV Network teen
drama called "The Block" being shot in Philadelphia with AFTRA talent in
digital format, the 'film' of the future. AFTRA is also celebrating a contract
victory at General Electric's NBC-10/WCAU-TV which limits management demands
that reporters, writers and producers carry cameras and shoot video.

Paris Flight Attendants at United Direct Leadership to Prepare for a Strike

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More than 50 contracts between District 1199C and area health care
institutions will expire on June 30, 2005. Other cost
increases hitting workers include larger hikes in the cost of family coverage,
less access to needed prescription drugs through stricter HMO formularies and
higher prices for more comprehensive coverage. Record Numbers Expected at AFTRA Meeting

PHILADELPHIA, Over 150 broadcasters, actors and
singers are expected to attend AFTRA Philadelphia Local's annual meeting 7
P.M. Monday, May 9 at the Prince Music Theater in Center City. Making prudent business decisions must include consideration of the
effect on employees."

More than 46,000 Flight Attendants, including the 258 Flight Attendants
based in Paris for United Airlines, join together to form AFA, the world's
largest Flight Attendant union.

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Hospital Workers Rally Support as Contract Deadline Nears Warn of Potential Disruption of Health System

Nicholas has been
spearheading negotiations aimed at securing contracts which assure quality
care for patients and health benefits for the workers who care for them.
The AFTRA meeting will also feature AFTRA National President John Connolly
who will address General Electric's disparate treatment of Spanish-language
and English speaking employees at its Telemundo and NBC operations. Visit us at
http://www.unitedafa.

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" Featured with the Funk Brothers on the video "Standing in the
Shadows of Motown," they will sing Rhythm and Blues songs made famous in
Philadelphia.

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at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.S.

Plight of CBS-3 Philadelphia/KYW-TV AFTRA Employees to be Highlighted

Flight Attendants are Furious Over Company Closing Paris Domicile While
Denying Access to French Social Benefits

PARIS, Members of the Paris Local Council for the
Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO unanimously adopted a resolution
today during a local meeting to direct their leaders to prepare for a strike. Paris Flight Attendants are
furious about this treatment from the company to which they have offered
dedicated service for well over a decade.

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KYW Newsradio newsman Bill Shusta will receive the Bill Evans Award for
service to AFTRA.

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Under French law workers have a constitutional right to strike.

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The ongoing contract talks affect
some 10,000 District 1199C members and their families. Employers must pay their fair share.

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Labor movement and community leaders, political figures and others will
lend their support to District 1199C at a rally of the membership on Monday,
June 6, at 5:30 p.
Members say that management complains that it cannot hire or retain writers
and producers, yet refuses to address the pay disparity or to restructure the
compensation package to be competitive with other TV stations in Philadelphia .

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An overwhelming "Yes" vote is expected Wednesday to authorize unit leaders
to call a strike ."
"Our Paris based Members have every right to expect immediate action to
address their concerns as a result of management's decision to close the Paris
domicile," stated Greg Davidowitch, president of AFA at United Airlines. AFA is part of the 700,000 member strong
Communications Workers of America , AFL-CIO.org.

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AFTRA members will be signing up to assist both off-air and on-camera
employees at CBS-3 who have been working without a contract for a year and a
half.
"Since the closure announcement, United Airlines has failed to not only
provide access to French benefits afforded other workers, this management has
not even responded to our basic questions about the closure and forced
transfer to work in other countries," said AFA Local President Sharon
Benjamin-Caldwell.

Sites relating to the history of the labor movement in the United States.

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Labor
movement guests include Bill Kane, President, New Jersey Industrial Union
Council; and Mike Barnes, International Representative , IATSE, AFL-CIO
[International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees].

AFTRA -- the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO
-- represents 80,000 performers, broadcasters , recording artists and
background singers nationally and a thousand locally.

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At the rally,
a strike vote will be taken in which the membership is expected to authorize
the Union to call a strike if contract settlements cannot be reached by the
deadline. But the issues we face in these negotiations are crucial to the
well-being of our membership and the health of our communities, and we will do
what we must to get what we need.

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Nicholas pointed out that the
AFL-CIO's own research into health care policy in America has determined that
"health care costs are rising at five times the rate of inflation. They are attempting to close the domicile in a way that purposely
denies workers access to French social benefits such as unemployment, which is
provided by the government.
"While management drags its heels, Flight Attendants must make decisions that
include uprooting children from their schools and moving families to another
country.

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Nicholas noted that Richard Trumka's participation in the rally is
indicative of the support of the AFL-CIO and the labor movement nationally for
the issues in these Philadelphia negotiations."

United Airlines has not even given us the most basic
information about employment and transfer terms.

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PHILADELPHIA, Henry Nicholas, President of the
National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, and its
local affiliate District 1199C, said today that unless ongoing contract talks
with area hospitals and health care facilities lead to a contract his members
can live with, Philadelphia could see a disruption in the health care system
on the eve of an anticipated two million visitors arriving in the city for
July fourth weekend activities.m. Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO; Senator Jon Corzine of
New Jersey; Bill George, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO; and Jeff
Brooks, President of Local 234 of the Transport Workers Union.

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Those two issues, he said, are inextricably linked.

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system of providing health care coverage is employer-based,
Nicholas noted.

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Negotiations resume on Thursday. It negotiates contracts
with producers and provides health insurance and pension benefits for eligible
members .

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Employers
are responding to these growing cost pressures by shifting more and more
health care costs onto workers, especially through larger co-pays and
deductibles that must be paid at the time treatment is sought. "Neither we nor anyone
else in the city," said Henry Nicholas , "want to see a strike which will
disrupt some of the city's major hospitals and health care facilities at a
time when millions of visitors will be here for Live 8 and July Fourth
festivities.
Local singers Carla Benson and John Ingram will spotlight the "Sound of
Philadelphia.

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Guests include
Richard L. Anchors and reporters say management insists on reducing their
compensatory time off . "Flight Attendants are expected to make life-changing
decisions in a vacuum.