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In a welcome about-face from the kind of rulings issued by the National Labor Relations Board under the Bush Administration, the NLRB has strongly endorsed workers' ability to choose union representation through majority sign up.

Hundreds of TNG-CWA journalists at The Associated Press are taking part in a national "byline boycott" this week, removing their names from stories and photos to protest the news service?s attempt to slash pension and medical benefits.

NABET-CWA members who stood strong through months of tough bargaining at PBS have ratified a new contract with 5 percent wage hikes over three years in addition to significant wage adjustments for many employees.

Fifty-five Senators voted to have a full discussion and debate on a bill to give public safety officers collective bargaining rights. But under the current Senate rules, a majority just isn?t enough. That majority vote couldn?t overcome the 40 Republicans and three Democrats who killed the bill by not allowing it to be debated by the full Senate. All Republicans plus Democrats Mark Warner (Va.), Kay Hagan (N.C.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) voted against full discussion of the bill.

Aren?t workers in South Carolina covered by the National Labor Relations Act? You know, the law passed in 1935 that says workers have the right to join a union and bargain collectively?