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CWA and other union members battling Proposition 75 on the California special election ballot got a boost when Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards sent e-mails to their supporters, urging them to vote "no."

Nearly 3,300 Cingular employees in District 9 became CWA members within a two-week period in October capping one of the most rapid growth spurts the union has experienced in years.

President Bush has yielded to fire from labor and members of Congress and reinstated the Davis-Bacon prevailing wage law.

An IUE-CWA member in San Antonio died Oct. 20 when he was crushed by the forklift he was operating. Both OSHA and CWA are investigating.

A memorial to Don DiFranco, a member of NABET-CWA and a WABC-TV technician who died atop the World Trade Center on September 11, has been given a prominent, permanent spot in the television station's lobby in NYC.