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It seems like everyone is getting into the act, but not everyone who appears in Canadian movies and television productions gets equal pay, benefits or job security under a strong union contract.

Counting heads in an urban high rise or suburban cul-de-sac isn’t the challenge of Census 2000. The real work is finding the homeless family living in a broken-down car, the migrant farm worker moving from job to job, the John Doe in a hospital ward or a prison cell.

Clerical worker Brenda Hicks didn’t worry at first when she saw more sheriffs’ deputies than usual roaming the Burlington County, N.J., Courthouse last Nov. 3. Then a supervisor told her why they were there.

A year after the negotiating team for The Newspaper Guild in Eugene, Ore., started to bargain a new contract with The Register-Guard, every major issue is still on the table.

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.