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The newest group of court interpreters to join The Newspaper Guild-CWA left no doubt that they’re eager to be union members: Better than 99 percent of them voted “yes.”

CWA pioneer George Miller, who served the union for more than four decades and headed its political and legislative programs for many years, died July 11 after a long illness. He was 82.

W.C. “Doc” Sigler, who retired in 1978 as administrative assistant to the vice president of then- District 10, died June 10 in Birmingham, Ala., after a long illness. He was 85.

Cisco Systems, CWA’s partner in several Internet-based training programs, is looking for input from Cisco-certified professionals in our ranks to help make training more relevant to CWA members.

All CWA members will have a chance this year to attend the annual convention August 28 and 29 — in a virtual sense, at least. For the first time, videotaped high lights of speeches and convention activities will be available for viewing on CWA’s website.