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Following the heart-breaking House vote of 215-214 that gave President Bush "fast-track" trade negotiating authority, the Senate Finance Committee voted to move a similar measure to the Senate floor. However, Senate action is not expected until February or later.

Through the significant efforts of Districts 1 and 3, hundreds of workers won CWA representation in December.

(Editors’ note: Freelance camera operator Tom Pecorelli of NABET-CWA Local 59053, lost his life when American Airlines Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center. The following was addressed to President Morton Bahr and the CWA family.)

It is almost impossible to imagine now, but less than 40 years ago in some parts of the United States, black Americans weren’t allowed to go to the same schools or restaurants as white Americans. They weren’t allowed to drink from the same water fountains or use the same restrooms.

There’s labor trouble in River City. The theatrical production of “The Music Man,” scheduled to tour 28 cities between this December and September of 2002, is being performed by non-union actors, and the actors’ union is asking the public to boycott the show.