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Gloria Johnson remembers, word for word, the letter she got from the head of a manufacturing company 40 years ago while she was helping review every IUE contract to ensure that the language reflected the new Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Sing it loud, sing it strong, sing it union, every song. That's what more than 100 singers from six different groups did at the Great Labor Chorus Convergence, June 19, in Washington, D.C.

Steven Richman, son of Barbara Richman of Local 1033, is one of 30 members of CWA families who received a $3,000 first-year scholarship to attend college for the 2003-2004 academic year. Steven has been attending Landmark College in Putney, Vt.

Relatives of four CWA members have won $1,000 Union Plus Scholarships to help pay for college next year. Their commitment to union values is evident from the 500-word essays they wrote as part of the application process.

• "My immigrant great-grandfather was shot by the Kohler Co.

The crisis: A driver fleeing at high speed from a pursuing police car runs a stoplight and crashes into a minivan killing a 2-year-old girl and critically injuring her mother.