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More than 6,000 New Jersey child care workers – members of the Child Care Workers Union – won a landmark first contract that provides for pay raises, a first-in-the-nation grievance procedure and a real union voice, among other benefits.

The CWA Executive Board has appointed four members to the at-large diversity seats established by CWA Convention delegates this year. They are: Carolyn Wade, president, CWA Local 1040; Nestor Soto, president, CWA Local 33225 in Puerto Rico; Claude Cummings, president, CWA Local 6222; and Madelyn Elder, president, CWA Local 7901.

CWA is holding off on an endorsement of a presidential candidate, for now, but has put in place an innovative on-line poll for the union's 700,000 plus members and retirees to indicate the candidates they prefer, based on the candidates' responses to specific questions asked by CWA.

Want to buy vehicles made in the United States or Canada by union members – including IUE-CWA members? Check out the UAW's "2008 Union-Built Car and Truck Guide."