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A long-sought back pay award, a court date Monday in the case of 107 locked-out newspaper workers and a strike vote at TV station WAPA are among the victories and battles on the busy calendar at Puerto Rico's TNG-CWA Local 33225, known as UPAGRA.

New York's Albany Times Union broke the law by dismissing 11 workers last year when the newspaper was supposed to be negotiating lay-off criteria with TNG-CWA, an administrative law judge ruled.

The National Mediation Board ruled this week that the Delta/Northwest merger created a single carrier, a decision that triggers a union election for 21,000 flight attendants at the newly combined airline.

Don't miss your chance to join other CWAers and be part of a historic rally a quarter of a million strong on Oct. 2 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. There, workers and retirees, environmentalists, human rights activists and other voices from across the progressive movement will speak as "One Nation" to fight for good jobs, retirement security, bargaining rights and government that works for all of us.

CWAers, members of the Sierra Club and other activists have signed on for the BlueGreen Alliance's "The Job's Not Done Tour," aimed at urging Senate action on critical legislation that will create and save millions of jobs. The three-week, 17-state, 30-city bus tour, left Los Angeles this week.