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Susan Watson, a vocal leader of the Detroit newspapers strike, was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame in April.

It’s cold in the barn at night, so Farmer Brown’s cows tack a note on the door asking — ever so politely — for electric blankets.

“No way,” says Farmer Brown. He’s management after all. What he says goes.

CWA Local 1081 is celebrating the news that Essex County, N.J., will re-employ 65 of its members laid off from its Division of Social Services and hire an additional 20 family service workers to bring its food stamp and child welfare offices up to the state’s standard.

Janitors Clean Up in L.A.

Los Angeles County janitors are back on the job after a colorful three-week strike in April that drew support from scores of state and national leaders, including Vice President Al Gore.

Workers and shareholders challenged two of America’s biggest corporations — IBM and General Electric — to keep their promises about workers’ retirement and job security.