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Through a combination of old-fashioned workplace discussions and information age communications, Local 1103 in Portchester, N.Y., enlisted 10 percent of its 1,500 members as part of a "Speed Matters Action Committee," or SMAC, in just a couple of months.

Online journalist Josh Wolf, who is being honored by The Newspaper Guild-CWA next month for refusing to turn over a protest video to authorities, was released from a federal detention center on Tuesday after spending 7 ½ months behind bars.

President Linda Foley said TNG-CWA will do everything possible on behalf of union-represented workers at the Tribune Company and to look out for the interests of all 20,000 employees as the proposed sale to real estate investor Samuel Zell goes forward.

A major lobbying push by District 2 and CWA locals in Virginia succeeded in mustering the legislative backing to uphold Gov. Tim Kaine's veto of a bill that would have denied state regulators and citizens a chance to address the impact of a telecom sale or merger.

IAPE Local 1096 of The Newspaper Guild-CWA this week notified Dow Jones that it is claiming representation rights on behalf of about 220 newswire employees at the company's Harborside facility in Jersey City, N.J., following a card-signing campaign.