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The Council of Institutional Investors, co-chaired by CWA Vice President Bill Boarman, is applauding the Securities and Exchange Commission for taking a step toward giving shareholders more voice in who sits on corporate boards and represents their interests.

Expanding CWA's online training offerings, the CWA/NETT Academy has announced five new technical courses. Tuition is much lower than similar courses provided commercially and is covered by employer reimbursement provisions in many CWA contracts.

Getting a promotion or raise sometimes means you've got to go back to school. But as a group of SBC workers in Evansville, Ind., discovered, CWA/NETT is making the process of learning far more accessible than trudging off to a college campus with a backpack full of books.

Emmett Mayer, a retired CWA representative in District 6, died of kidney failure Oct. 1, at a residential care facility in Creve Couer, Mo. He was 80.

In one community after another on their two-week journey, pioneering immigrants and activists were greeted by gleeful crowds of union members, religious leaders and other advocates for social justice, all clapping, chanting and waving signs of support.