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Everyone likes coworkers who pull their own weight. But Senior Trooper Brian Allen of the West Virginia State Troopers Association/CWA Local goes beyond that. Recently at a strong man competition in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he pulled a 36,000-pound dump truck 100 feet in 31 seconds.

Members of CWA Local 1183 at the New York City Board of Elections have been commended by the state Board of Elections and a national association for their actions in the hours, days and weeks after the terror attacks Sept. 11 — the day of the city’s mayoral primary.

Defying three committees of Congress and established federal law, the Bush administration has ordered federal agencies and departments using the Government Printing Office to arrange for their own printing starting Sept.

James B. Woods, who served two years as president of The Newspaper Guild in the late 1960s, died Aug. 1 after a fall at his home in University City, Mo. He was 89.

Labor Day may be a fitting tribute to America’s workers. But what about the other 364 days of the year? Despite all the talk about the importance and dignity of working people, they get little power or glory in the everyday world of news media.

What if the situation were reversed?