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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?

Just when we’d all had enough bad news for one summer, nine coal miners in Pennsylvania and their tireless rescuers gave all of America a reason to smile and be proud.

President George W. Bush has vetoed a badly needed increase in funding of the medical screening program that is helping CWA members and other workers exposed to hazards at the site of the World Trade Center collapse.

Arguments on US Airways' bid to throw out its collective bargaining agreements with CWA and the Machinists will be heard by the bankruptcy court on Sept. 10.