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Defying three committees of Congress and established federal law, the Bush administration has ordered federal agencies and departments using the Government Printing Office to arrange for their own printing starting Sept.

Members of CWA Local 1183 at the New York City Board of Elections have been commended by the state Board of Elections and a national association for their actions in the hours, days and weeks after the terror attacks Sept. 11 — the day of the city’s mayoral primary.

Everyone likes coworkers who pull their own weight. But Senior Trooper Brian Allen of the West Virginia State Troopers Association/CWA Local goes beyond that. Recently at a strong man competition in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he pulled a 36,000-pound dump truck 100 feet in 31 seconds.

Ensuring that CWA members are safe and healthy on the job was the focus of two recent workshops, a weeklong session at the IUE-CWA Delphi Joint Activities Training Center in Dayton, Ohio, and a one-day seminar in San Jose, Calif., organized annually by California locals.

Workers’ advocates in the U.S. Senate are making progress toward an ergonomic standard, with one committee approving a bill requiring the U.S.