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Arthur Wade, a retired District 9 CWA representative, died Sept. 21 of lung cancer. He was 79.

While CWA members and disaster relief coordinators were still coping with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along much of the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Wilma slammed into southern Florida in late October, destroying property and leaving tens of thousands of residents without utilities and cle

CWA's Legal Department is now headed by Mary K. O'Melveny as general counsel and Peter Mitchell as managing general counsel.

An IUE-CWA member in San Antonio died Oct. 20 when he was crushed by the forklift he was operating at Newell Recycling. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating, as is the union.