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In one of the biggest NLRB elections this year, a unit of 467 LifePath workers who provide care for developmentally disabled adults in Pennsylvania voted strongly for representation by CWA Local 13500 on Sept. 19.

Employees at Dow Jones & Company have a tentative contract after 10 months of tough negotiations that were further complicated this summer when Dow Jones was sold to News Corporation, owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Seeking the benefits and job protections enjoyed by 40,000 other CWA members at AT&T Mobility (formerly Cingular), the company's 1,166 retail sales workers in Florida have gained representation under CWA's card check and neutrality agreement with the company.

Second Life is the hottest thing around. It's a virtual, three-D computer world where political candidates like John Edwards have an office, where companies sell products, where governments like Sweden have set up shop, where the local residents, called "avatars" spend money on everything from designer clothes to gourmet coffee, and where next week, IBM Corp. workers will be on strike.

The International Federation of Journalists has been presented with the George Meany-Lane Kirkland Human Rights Award, in recognition of the courage of its members, the journalists and media workers who risk their lives in the pursuit of truth around the world.