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Four years ago, George W. Bush was ready to cut thousands of CWA members’ jobs from the state payroll in a scheme to privatize state social services.

As CWA members walked the picket lines, some analysts and news reports questioned, as the New York Times did in its strike coverage on Aug.

Strike threats by units of former GTE workers have prompted settlements at GTE/Verizon in Kentucky, Indiana and North Carolina.

Mickey Mouse T-shirts, a medieval jousting tournament, bargain hotels and restaurants all compete for the dollars tourists bring to central Florida. This is the city of Kissimmee visitors see as they head west on Route 192.

Floyd R. Taylor, who retired in 1973 as a CWA staff representative in District 6, died July 27 at the age of 91.