CWA District 1 Newsletter - December 15
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NJ SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES PLACING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON BALLOT TO ENSURE PENSION FUNDING
The Senate Budget Committee of the New Jersey Legislature approved a resolution to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November 2016 to require the state make the required contribution into the public pension system, protecting the benefits that have been earned by public workers. The resolutions would put the state on track to make full pension payments by 2022.
ORGANIZING FOR POWER
CWA Local 1040 member Peggy Jackson is acknowledged for signed up over 100 non-members in just 8 months.
Nearly 700 CWA New Jersey shop stewards and activists gathered in Atlantic City for a two-day session of intensive training on how CWAers are fighting to protect public workers' retirement security and strengthen our union.
ALTICE-CABLEVISION DEAL: BAD FOR CUSTOMERS AND WORKERS
CWA has filed official objections with the Federal Communications Commission over the proposed sale of Cablevision to Dutch company Altice. The deal will lead to outsourcing of jobs. CWA represents 300 Cablevision technicians and workers in Brooklyn.
VERIZON, IT’S BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE
Over 200 CWA Local 1108 members and our allies rallied for fair contracts at Verizon and Verizon Wireless and collected over 200 toys for the less fortunate during a rally and toy drive on Long Island, NY.
CAMDEN LIBRARY WORKERS PROTEST LOW WAGES, MANAGEMENT THREATENS DISCIPLINE
Many of Camden County Library's workers are making less than $9 an hour -- just barely above minimum wage and not enough to make ends meet. But when CWAers wore red shirts protesting their poverty wages, management tried to silence them with discipline.
WORKERS WIN $47,000 IN BACK WAGES
In a big win for Don Bosco Workers and the “No Pay No Way” campaign, five Port Chester, NY workers will recover $47,000 in a wage theft case against their employer. CWA Local 1103 and Don Bosco Workers have been fighting hard against wage theft in Port Chester.
CWA LOCAL 1108 AND ALLIES FIGHT PAY TO PLAY POLITICS
CWA Local 1108 rallied to demand the resignation of New York State Senator Kemp Hannon following disclosure of $130,000 in investments in pharmaceutical and other health-related companies.
CWA LOCAL 1168 MEMBER AWARDED BUFFALO AFL-CIO CLC's YOUNG UNIONIST/SAMUEL GOMPERS AWARD FOR 2016.
John Mudie, Executive Vice President of CWA Local 1122 (left) and Patrick Weisansal II, CWA Local 1168's Director of Mobilizing and Organizing (right)
Congratulations to CWA Local 1168's Director of Mobilizing and Organizing, Patrick Weisansal II on being awarded the Buffalo AFL-CIO CLC's Young Unionist/Samuel Gompers Award for 2016.
Leadership, Stewards Training, and Skill Building at Recent Local Conferences
MASSIVE Mobilization by NewsGuild-CWA Tells New York Times: TIME IS RUNNING OUT