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We continue to monitor the coronavirus (COVID-19) developments and address every matter that touches upon the well-being of our employees and customers, while delivering uninterrupted network services and connectivity to our customers. Read More...
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LOCAL LEADERS
March 6, 2020
Dear Colleagues:
This is to remind you that the application process for the CWA Joe Beirne Foundation’s scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year will close on April 30, 2020.
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.
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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A big Thank You from the Marine Corps Legue of Rockland County Detatchment #243
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GOV. CUOMO SIGNS HISTORIC LEGISLATION TO STOP CALL CENTER COMPANIES FROM SHIPPING JOBS OVERSEAS
LEGISLATION ENDS STATE TAX BREAKS, LOANS, GRANTS FOR EMPLOYERS THAT OFFSHORE CALL CENTER JOBS
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Communications Workers of America
CWA Local 1107
200 East Erie Street
Blauvelt, NY 10913
There will be no election for shop stewards for the 2020-2021 years. The following people will represent their groups.
Nanuet FIOS / CORE
John Horan
Tim O’Shea
Joe Gray
Pomona Line / Splice
John Pungello
Brian Croyle
Terry McPike
Company services / Specials
Mike Lang
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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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| Weingarten Rights | KNOW what YOU are entitled to!
IF YOU ARE CALLED INTO A MEETING BY ANY COMPANY MANAGER OR CORPORATE SECURITY, BE SURE TO ASK......
If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my Union Representative, Officer, or Steward be present at the meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer any questions.
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| YOU ARE THE UNION | UNION BEGINS WITH YOU MOST PEOPLE FEEL THAT THE "UNION" IS THE BOARD, THE PEOPLE WHO "RUN" THE UNION. THIS COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE "UNION" IS YOU: YOU ARE THE ONE WHO ELECTS YOUR OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT YOU. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HAS THE PRIVILEGE TO GO TO YOUR MEETINGS AND SPEAK WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, TO LET YOUR BOARD KNOW OF ANY GRIEVANCE YOU MAY HAVE. A STRONG UNION IS ONLY AS STRONG AS ITS MEMBERS. SHOW VERIZON YOU STAND BEHIND YOUR UNION, ATTEND MEETINGS, REPORT INFRACTIONS BY MANAGEMENT TO YOUR SHOP STEWARD OR LOCAL WHEN THEY OCCUR. YOU WILL NEVER AGREE WITH 100% OF WHAT YOUR LOCAL DOES OR DOESN'T DO. BUT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET PAST THAT AND CARRY ON AND CONTINUE FIGHTING FOR YOUR RIGHTS. REMEMBER, YOU ARE THE EYES AND EARS OF YOUR UNION. WITHOUT YOU...THERE WOULD BE NO "UNION". REMEMBER AGAIN UNION STARTS WITH U...N...I...
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No Secret Deals' for Verizon Wireless
CWA called on the Federal Communications Commission to "stop the clock" on its consideration of the Verizon Wireless/cable company spectrum deal until the parties involved provide complete information about their commercial agreements. |
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Bonus for those not enabled for work at home 2020-03-29_173048.pdf
