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Margaret A. "Peg" Stanton, retired Kentucky director who broke new ground for women on the CWA staff, died Dec. 27 at her home in Largo, Fla. She was 87.

Wright Allan Baker, a retired CWA representative in District 9, died Dec. 3 at the age of 97. "My father's life spanned a century," his son, Donald, said. Born in Alberta, Canada. "He first traveled with his father by horse and buggy and went into the mountains to do logging by steam tractor.

Democrats and some Republicans are continuing to do battle with the Department of Labor over proposals that would strip millions of workers of overtime rights, changes the agency wants to formalize by the end of March.

Would you invest in a house built on sand? Then why own stock in companies that are increasingly likely to face stiff government regulation or industries that could incur severe costs and liabilities because of the damaging effects of global warming?

Building a union for staff and graduate assistants at the University of Virginia has been a tough fight for CWA Local 2211.