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On a mid-October morning, what you might call Michelle Gasparian's work station includes a sawed-off shotgun, baggies of marijuana, several kitchen scales, a cigar box, a shoe box, a couple of Polaroids and stacks of reports.

Aided by fellow unionists in Spain, 40 U.S. journalists and administrative workers at the Spanish news agency EFE won representation in a National Labor Relations Board election Sept. 29, voting 23-14 to join The Newspaper Guild-CWA.

After 17 months of difficult negotiations and a seven-week lockout, 5,500 members of the Canadian Media Guild-CWA at the country's public broadcasting network voted by a wide margin to accept a contract that ensures their job security - the major issue at the bargaining table.

Nearly 3,300 Cingular employees in District 9 became CWA members within a two-week period in October, bringing union benefits and job security to the workers.