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A strike against Lucent Technologies - the shortest in CWA history - ended with a tentative five-year agreement on June 1 covering 26,000 CWA members and some 18,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

When the founders of our nation took a good look at the Constitution, they found it needed a few adjustments to truly ensure "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The Bill of Rights guarantees much that we take for granted, including freedom of religion, the right to assemble, the right to p

Ernest L. (Jim) Harper, who retired as an administrative assistant to the vice president of CWA District 3 in 1986, died of a massive heart attack in his sleep at the family home in Fort Pierce, Fla., on June 1. He was 70 years old.

This article originally appeared in Good Housekeeping magazine, and was prepared as a project of the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation. It is serialized by permission.

Message from Teresa Heinz,
Chair of the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Foundation:

Dear Editor:

ABC/Disney recently sent its NABET employees a note titled "Competitive Realities: Who's in Touch?" In it, Disney castigated its union-represented employees for failing to accept "provisions that reflect their employer's needs."