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Ronald Hale, who retired in 1977 as CWA's director in the Pacific Northwest, died Sept. 22 at the age of 87.

John Risser, a retired CWA representative in Iowa who helped organize the state’s telephone workers in the 1940s and 50s, died Nov. 1 at the age of 98.

Richard “D.J.” Jarratt went to work for the phone company in the days when homes had a single, sturdy black rotary telephone — if they had a phone at all.

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.