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SPOTLIGHT: Labor & Economic News Across the Country
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February 1, 2000
A Day Off to Vote
The 400,000 members of United Auto Workers will have plenty of time to cast ballots, drive voters to the polls and do last-minute lobbying on Election Day, thanks to a rare benefit negotiated by union leaders last year.
The 400,000 members of United Auto Workers will have plenty of time to cast ballots, drive voters to the polls and do last-minute lobbying on Election Day, thanks to a rare benefit negotiated by union leaders last year.
Dave Kent, Award-Winning CWA News Staffer, Dies at 61
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February 1, 2000
David P. Kent, associate editor of the CWA News and a union staff member since 1966, died on Dec. 31, 1999 after a 10-month battle against lung cancer. He was 61.
Retired CWA Representative Frank Lupinacci Dies
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February 1, 2000
Frank Lupinacci, a retired staff representative in District 13 remembered as a tough negotiator with a sense of humor, died Jan. 13 of complications from Alzheimer’s Disease.
CWA Newsmakers
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February 1, 2000
Terry Getty, a retired CWA member with three decades of union service, has been inducted into the East Central Iowa/North Western Illinois AFL-CIO Hall of Fame.
Picking Up the Pieces
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February 1, 2000
The flash flood that turned Albert Gomalka’s neighborhood into a deadly, diseased, putrid-smelling, mud-covered landfill seemed like the type of catastrophe that strikes faraway countries.