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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.

House Republicans on Wednesday, buckling under the threat of a Bush veto, voted down a bill that would have extended unemployment insurance to the nearly 4 million jobless workers who will run out of benefits over the next nine months.

Under the leadership of District 3 Vice President Noah Savant and with assistance of Booker Lester, Administrative Director to the Vice President, the CWA Occupational Safety and Health Department conducted the CWA District 3 Occupational Safety and Health Retreat, May 17, 2008. Forty-six (46) local union safety and health activists representing 22 local unions participated in the Retreat held at the Jacksonville Crowne Plaza Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida. Also, immediately preceding the Retreat, on May 15-16 the Department and the Center for Labor Education and Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama conducted a training session.

CWA and IBEW Verizon "South" negotiators met at CWA headquarters this week to review issues in early contract talks.