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Gabrielle Vance, whose parent is a NABET/CWAer, is on a roll. The 8th grade student won both the New York City and New York State's History competition and will compete next week in the 2014 National History Day Contest.

Congratulations to Richard Shorter, vice president of IUE-CWA Local 82162 in Roanoke, Va., who graduated last weekend with a bachelor's degree from Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. As a Morton Bahr Scholar, Shorter received a scholarship that covered 100 percent of his tuition in the distance learning program.

An amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations, passed by the House of Representatives, will help ensure that U.S. airlines and aviation crew are afforded a level playing field for transatlantic flying, AFA-CWA said.

A Superior Court judge in California has struck down teacher tenure, layoff, seniority and other employment-related provisions as unconstitutional, opening the door to retaliation against educators and a move to privatize public education. The decision won't go into effect while it is being appealed.