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CWA-represented nurses and other health care workers held a huge rally and informational picket line outside Mercy Hospital in South Buffalo, N.Y., following an overwhelming vote by members to authorize a strike if a fair contract isn't reached.

Eager to go to bat for their union and working families everywhere, CWA retirees have committed to do whatever's needed to help pass the Employee Free Choice Act and health care reform.

Former Telecommunications Vice President T.O. Moses, who served CWA members for more than half a century before his retirement in 2002, died June 7 in Lubbock, Texas, at age 78.

John "Jake" Earley, 83, retired District 3 staff representative, died June 10, in Tucker, Ga.

Safety and health activists from 22 locals in District 3 met recently for a weekend seminar in Jacksonville, Fla., to discuss workplace safety concerns and solutions, including the development of state-based occupational safety and health committees and electrical hazards training.