CWA: Empty Promises. Workers Face 'Jobless Recovery'

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CWA: Empty Promises from the White House as Workers Face Continuing 'Jobless Recovery'
Tuesday January 20, 9:00 pm ET


WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by President Morton Bahr of the Communications Workers of America on the President's State of the Union Address. CWA represents more than 700,000 workers in telecommunications, information technology, media, broadcasting, public service, airlines and manufacturing.

Entering the election season after presiding over the worst job loss since the Hoover administration, President Bush was expected to focus on job initiatives in his State of the Union address. However, the president's speech was long on rhetoric but short on proposals to provide real help to American workers.

The president has suddenly discovered a need to spur job training opportunities, touting a program to offer $120 million in training grants to community colleges. What Mr. Bush didn't mention was that his administration already has slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for job training and vocational education over the last two years.

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1. Morty Bahr has always been my hero

Bahr is a visionary who has been proven right as president of the CWA for going on almost 20 years now.