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I have BIG news: this afternoon, the New York State Assembly voted by a count of 93 to 19 to pass the NY Call Center Jobs Act! Since the bill already passed in the State Senate back in March by a vote of 58-3, this means that it just needs to go to Governor Cuomo to be signed into law.
This is a historic day for us, and one that’s been a long time coming. Since 2006, 40,000 call center jobs have disappeared from New York State thanks to greedy companies sending jobs to lower wage locations overseas and in other parts of the U.S. It’s long past time we stopped rewarding these companies. The 2017 Trump tax plan incentivized sending good jobs overseas, so this legislation is more critical than ever.
We’ve been fighting for years for legislation that would protect these workers and penalize companies that ship jobs out of New York, but we’ve been stopped again and again by anti-worker legislators who put corporations like Verizon and AT&T above their communities. Until now. In the 2018 Midterm Elections this past November, CWA members up and down the state came out in force to help elect a new pro-worker majority in the NYS Senate for the first time in decades, and now we’re reaping the benefits.
One of my biggest takeaways from seeing the NY Call Center Jobs Act finally pass today: elections have consequences, and our political action work is vitally important to keeping New York union strong.
I want to give special mention to our elected leaders who fought for this bill, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, and Senator Tim Kennedy; our community and labor partners who stood with us, including SEIU32BJ, the New York State Nurses Association, the Working Families Party, and others; and to Bob Master, Hae-Lin Choi, and our CWA District 1 team, especially to each and every one of our members who called legislators, traveled again and again to Albany to speak with legislators in person, wrote letters and postcards, and fought tooth and nail for years to make this bill a reality for New York’s call center workers. I couldn’t be more proud to be a CWA member today.
In solidarity,
Dennis Trainor
CWA District 1 Vice President
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While massive corporations like AT&T, CenturyLink, and Wells Fargo are celebrating billions
in tax breaks, tax payers are frustrated by smaller tax refunds and stagnant paychecks and
wondering if they will even have ajob a year from now.
Republicans in Congress told us the corporate tax cut bill they passed in 2017 would push
companies to create jobs, raise wages and stop offshoring, but it didn't. The bill was a
scam. Corporations ran away with billions of dollars, cutjobs, failed to provide promised wage
increases and continue to send jobs overseas.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson was one of the biggest cheerleaders for the tax cut, saying
AT&T would increase investment and create 7,000 new jobs. Instead, the company got a $21
billion tax break, cut over 12,000 jobs, and keeps sending jobs overseas and to low-paid
contractors. Centuryl.ink rewarded executives with millions in bonuses all while canceling
bonuses and merit pay for workers and eliminating morejobs. Wells Fargo benefited more from
the tax cut than any other bank, then announced that it would cut up to 26,000 jobs.
Thousands of AT&T workers have already sent handwritten letters to their members of Congress
demanding an investigation into what happened to the billions of dollars in tax breaks they gave
away to AT&T and other corporations that keep cuttingjobs. In response, Congress held a
hearing with CWA President Chris Shelton and tax experts to learn about the effect ofthe tax bill
on working families.
That was a good start, but now Congress needs to bring CEOs to Washington to find out what
they really did with their tax windfall. Click here to tell Congress that it's time
to investigate where billions in tax breaks for massive corporations went. Corporations want to
increase executive pay, reward large shareholders, and pursue profits at any cost- they're not
looking out forus. If we want a better future for all working people, we must push Congress
to hold corporations accountable to their promises and end the corporate tax scam.
Local President
John Buchan
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Dear Colleagues:
This is to remind you that the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation’s scholarship for the 2019-2020 school year will close on April 30, 2019.
Attached you will find a copy of the Beirne Foundation scholarship rules, along with a copy of the poster that can be distributed to members and posted on the local websites.
The Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved the awarding of sixteen (16) partial college scholarships of $4,000 each for two years. Eligible for the scholarships are CWA members, their spouses, children, and grandchildren, including the dependents of retired, laid-off, or deceased members. Applications will be available solely online for submission on the Foundation’s website at http://cwa-union.org/beirne-application.
Please follow this link at www.cwa-union.org/beirneposter for the poster that you can distribute to members and post on local websites to encourage participation. Full program details can be found on the website at:
http://www.cwa-union.org/pages/beirne_scholarship_application . This valuable scholarship program is made possible by the funding of CWA locals. For those locals not yet participating in funding the Beirne scholarships, I urge you to do so. Financial arrangements can be made to accommodate your local’s needs.
For more information and assistance, please call 202.434.1320.
In Unity,
Christopher M. Shelton
President cc: Executive Board
CWA National Staff
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Hello Local 1107 member, , Join me for a National Day of Action today to fight for a fair democracy! Corporate CEOs and the wealthiest 1% have spent decades rigging the system to reduce our power and make it harder and harder to pass legislation that helps working people. It’s time to do something about it. Call 1-888-848-4824 to tell your Congressperson: I support the For the People Act (H.R. 1) for a fair and functioning democracy. The bill will make it easier to vote and get secret money out of our elections. The same corporate interests that fight us at the bargaining table are stacking the rules against us when it comes to political participation. They've put restrictions in place that make it harder for people to vote, flooded elections with money, and weakened the rules that prevent elected officials from profiting from their public service. The new Congressional leadership promised to make reform a top priority. The For the People Act is the first major piece of legislation they are considering this year. The bill would: * Make it easier, not harder, to vote by restoring the Voting Rights Act, implementing national voter registration, expanding early voting and ending gerrymandering. * Get big money out of our democracy by regulating big money in politics like Super PACS, requiring all political organizations to disclose their donors, and building a campaign finance system to increase and multiply the power of small donors. * Ensure public officials work for the public interest by expanding conflict of interest
law, strengthening oversight of lobbyists, and more. If those sound like changes we need to make, call your member of Congress today at 1-888-848-4824. In solidarity, Dennis Trainor Vice President, CWA District 1
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January 4, 2019
Dear Colleagues:
For many years now, our union has recognized the urgency of fixing our broken democracy. Corporate CEOs and the wealthiest 1% have spent decades rigging the system to reduce our power and we have been finding it harder and harder to engage and win political fights.
The same corporate interests that fight us at the bargaining table are stacking the electoral rules against us through gerrymandering, voter suppression efforts that make it harder for working people to vote and activist conservative judges that have allowed our elections to be flooded with massive amounts of unreported corporate money.
That’s why a number of years ago, CWA chose to lead the way in fighting for critical reforms that would help ensure a fair and functioning democracy for all. We helped found the Democracy Initiative - a national group that has brought together organizations like CWA, the NAACP, Sierra Club and the AFL-CIO to work together on successful campaigns in a number of states.
Now we have an historic opportunity to act at the national level. Democrats have promised that the first major piece of legislation they will pass with their new majority in the House of Representatives is a comprehensive bill that would enact many of the reforms called for by CWA and our allies. The For the People Act of 2019 (H.R. 1) would:
- Make it easier, not harder, to vote by restoring the Voting Rights Act, implementing national voter registration, expanding early voting and ending gerrymandering.
- Get big money out of our democracy by regulating big money in politics like Super PACS, requiring all political organizations to disclose their donors, and building a campaign finance system to increase and multiply the power of small donors.
- Ensure public officials work for the public interest by expanding conflict of interest law, strengthening oversight of lobbyists, and more.
This is an historic opportunity for us to demonstrate not only that these critical reforms can be accomplished but to hold politicians accountable by making them take a stand for or against these common sense reforms. As such, this will be the first major national legislative campaign for CWA in the new year and in this new Congress.
Today, we rolled out the components of the campaign to our District and key state LPAT leadership throughout the union. We are asking every local to engage in this fight to reclaim our Democracy by participating in these efforts. We are asking locals to:
- Send a letter on behalf of your local to your U.S. Representative urging them to support the legislation.
- Send an email to your membership encouraging them to contact their Congressmembers.
- Have your local LPAT activists participate in leafleting worksites and generating phone calls to Congress.
- Share social media content about the legislation through your local’s social media accounts.
Brothers and sisters, we must engage in this fight. And for the sake of our democracy, we must win. Please make this a priority in the new year.
In Unity,
Christopher M. Shelton
President
cc: Executive Board
CWA National Staff
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Brothers and Sisters,
I would like to take the time to wish all our members from CWA Local 1107 a very safe and happy holiday season. Every year we have collected money from you, the membership, and participated in the Toys for Tots program that is run by the United States Marine Corps. Once again you, the members, have shown the true meaning of the holidays with your very generous donations. The hope is that our contribution will make Christmas a little better for those less fortunate than we are. The donation from CWA Local 1107 will be made in the memory of Charles Vilbig a former marine and CWA
1107 member.
Thank you and Happy Holidays
John Buchan
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Communications Workers of America
CWA Local 1107
200 East Erie Street
Blauvelt, N.Y. 10913
John Buchan
President
October 1, 2018
We have been notified by Verizon that several of our members still have outstanding balances on their Health Reimbursement Accounts that must be used by December 31, 2018 or it will be forfeited. A reminder to any members who also have the Health Care Spending Account, all of those monies must be exhausted prior to spending the HRA monies. Your business agent has been given a list of his people that still have money left. If you have any questions contact them.
Thank you,
John Buchan
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This Thursday, September 6th, we will be joined by Governor Andrew Cuomo for a special Teleconference Town Hall. It's our chance to hear from him about the issues that matter most to our members:
- Protecting NY jobs and ending tax breaks for companies which ship jobs overseas
- Establishing safe staffing ratios for hospitals and nursing homes
- Fighting back against attacks on unions and protecting working people from the effects of the Janus v AFSCME ruling
Join us on Thursday (the Tele-Town Hall is open to all CWA members in NY State) to hear directly from the Governor and to ask him some questions about his plans for the future of New York!
When: Thursday, September 6, 6:30pm
Where: Your phone! Sign up here and the Tele-Town Hall will call you when it starts (you'll receive a call from a 518 area code, at 6:30pm on Thursday).
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Workers Ratify New Four-Year Deal With
Verizon
Agreement Includes 11.2% Wage Increases
and Stronger Retirement Benefits
Verizon workers represented by the
Communications Workers of America (CWA) in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions and at Verizon Connected Solutions voted to ratify a four year extension of their current contracts, which were set to expire in
August 2019.
The extensions provide for additional
wage increases and enhanced retirement benefits. The agreement, which extends the contracts through
August 5, 2023, will deliver an 11.2% wage increase over the additional four years and covers over 34,000 Verizon workers, including call center workers, and central office and field technicians.
“This agreement builds on the success
of the 2016 strike, and it will ensure a better future and good, family-supporting jobs for thousands of Verizon workers," said
CWA District 1 Vice President Dennis
Trainor. "This agreement reflects the more constructive relationship between
CWA and Verizon that has developed since the strike. “
Separate agreements were ratified covering
40 Verizon Wireless retail workers in Brooklyn and 7 workers in
Hazleton, Pa., who voted last month to join
CWA. The Brooklyn agreement provides for a $900 signing bonus for Brooklyn Wireless employees, creates a first-ever floor for the merit pay pool, creates a new Labor-Management committee to address further improvements in scheduling, and strengthens
the grievance procedure. Additionally, about 90 Verizon Wireless technicians will receive the 11.2% compounded wage increases over the term of the extension and will have improved language regarding transfers by seniority.
"We saw the early negotiations with
Verizon as an opportunity to make improvements for our members while avoiding the lengthy conflict we experienced two years ago. This is a solid contract for Verizon workers that will improve wages and raise the living standards of our members across the region."
said Ed Mooney, Vice President for CWA District 2-13, which covers Pennsylvania to Virginia.
By mutual agreement, negotiations on
the contract extension were limited to wages and benefits and the length of the new agreement. The wins for Verizon workers come amid a
wave
of worker actions to raise
wages, improve working conditions, and hold corporations accountable. Like the successful
teacher strikes this spring,
Verizon's willingness to come to the table early and agree to this contract is yet another testament to the power of working people standing together.
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