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Sing it loud, sing it strong, sing it union, every song. That's what more than 100 singers from six different groups did at the Great Labor Chorus Convergence, June 19, in Washington, D.C.

Gloria Johnson remembers, word for word, the letter she got from the head of a manufacturing company 40 years ago while she was helping review every IUE contract to ensure that the language reflected the new Civil Rights Act of 1964.

CWA Representative Jack Dotson, 57, has retired. In the late 1970s, he helped found the Virginia CWA Council, one of the union's first state councils, active on behalf of numerous labor-friendly candidates for public office and in raising thousands of dollars in contributions to CWA-COPE.

The first sign of trouble struck during one of their frequent layovers in Japan. Toni Diamond and her husband, fellow United Airlines flight attendant Warren Schiffer, were out for a walk in early 2000 when she lost control of her left foot. Before long, her leg was numb.

Is there anything better on a hot summer day - heck is there anything better on any day - than ice cream?