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Is the NLRB in favor of majority card check? Apparently so, according to a Aug. 10 ruling – but in this case only when it favors an employer who wants to scuttle a union contract.

Nearly two years after their employer declared bankruptcy, Delphi Corp. workers represented by eight IUE-CWA locals have voted by a wide margin to ratify a new four-year contract.

There's no shortage of bad bosses but a worker named Pete Yonski has beat all this year with his tale of nastiness: His cold-hearted boss callously threw out the forms that Pete – a father of three suffering from a rare form of cancer – had filed for leave and disability benefits.

On August 9, we notified you of the date and location of the Avaya Shareholders Meeting. The meeting will be held on September 28, 2007 at the Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, not Dover as we previously stated.

The Alliance for Public Technology, which is working with CWA to promote affordable high-speed Internet access to all Americans, is urging union members to participate in a contest to promote the importance of broadband communications.