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John Mestre’s daughter was 2 years old when he was summoned for jury duty on a case that would end in the largest punitive damage award ever against the tobacco industry — $145 billion.

By the time he finished the landmark trial, his daughter was 4.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 12 — The protesters started before 7 a.m., marching, chanting and attracting media attention with street theater lampooning a former state official who made millions off prison privatization.

The senseless, cold-blooded killing of a CWA member and the wounding of six other people in Roanoke, Va. shocked the nation, brought outpourings of solidarity from union members and fueled an already intense battle in Congress for the passage of anti-hate crime legislation.

CWA and the AFL-CIO formed an unusual, if temporary, alliance with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently to successfully block a legislative proposal that would have unfairly restricted investment in the U.S. telecommunications industry, denying U.S.

Mariachi musicians and down-home Texas hospitality set the stage for CWA’s 20th annual National Operator Conference, Oct. 26-28, in San Antonio. But the agenda was dead serious: politics, empowerment in today’s workplace and preparation for the jobs of tomorrow.