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Seeking the benefits and job protections enjoyed by 40,000 other CWA members at AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular), the company's 1,166 retail sales workers in Florida have gained representation under CWA's card check and neutrality agreement with the company.

Employees at Dow Jones & Company have a tentative contract after 10 months of tough negotiations that were further complicated this summer when Dow Jones was sold to News Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdoch.

In one of the biggest NLRB elections this year, a unit of 467 LifePath workers who provide care for developmentally disabled adults in Pennsylvania voted strongly for representation by CWA Local 13500 on Sept. 19.

More than 6,000 New Jersey child care workers – members of the Child Care Workers Union – won a landmark first contract that provides for pay raises, a first-in-the-nation grievance procedure and a real union voice, among other benefits.

The CWA Executive Board has appointed four members to the at-large diversity seats established by CWA Convention delegates this year. They are: Carolyn Wade, president, CWA Local 1040; Nestor Soto, president, CWA Local 33225 in Puerto Rico; Claude Cummings, president, CWA Local 6222; and Madelyn Elder, president, CWA Local 7901.