CWA District 1 Newsletter - February 16
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WE DID IT -- BERNIE WINS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE!
CWA members and District 1 VP Dennis Trainor get out the vote before the NH primary.
Thanks to the CWA member volunteers who worked hard to make Bernie Sanders' win in New Hampshire possible. We're taking this political revolution on to South Carolina and Nevada. Read CWA President Chris Shelton's statement on the NH primary.
Join CWAers across the country for a town hall call on Thursday, February 18 at 7:00 pm ET to find out how you can get involved to keep Bernie Sanders' momentum going and ensure he wins the nomination.
Click here to register or text CWACALL to 69866.
TAKING ON WALL STREET AND THE BIG BANKS
CWA Locals 1103, 1107 & 1120 members attend workshop on what we can do to make an economy that works for everyone, not just the 1%.
We're fighting back against Wall Street and the big banks that are devouring this country's wealth -- feasting on our jobs, our benefits and our pensions.
CWA, other unions, environmental and community allies and others are kicking off a major member mobilization to take on Wall Street.
VERIZON BARGAINING UPDATE
CWA Local 1120 doesn't let a little snow stop their fight for fair contracts at Verizon and Verizon Wireless.
Verizon is determined to gut our contract and destroy the working conditions that CWA and IBEW have fought so hard and earned over the last 50 years.
Members are fighting hard for fair contracts.
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EAST ORANGE RATIFIES NEW CONTRACT WITH CWA
Congratulations to our Local 1077 brothers and sisters who just ratified their new contract which covers 400 municipal workers in East Orange.
“One of the best features of this agreement,” said Hetty Rosenstein, NJ CWA Director, “is the provision that phases in a minimum wage of $15 an hour by the end of the contract. There aren’t a lot of workers who fall into this category, but for those who do, this provides them with a living wage. CWA applauds the Mayor for his foresight in making sure that people who live and work in East Orange are paid a living wage.”
ELECTION WIN AT CWA LOCAL 1101
20 technicians employed by International Game Technology (IGT) who fix gaming machines at Monticello, Aqueduct and Yonkers Raceway overcame a hard anti-union campaign to win their NLRB election to join CWA Local 1101.
FLIGHT ATTENDANTS CEMENT ESSENTIAL 10 HOUR REST PROVISION IN HOUSE FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL
Big victory for our brothers and sisters at Association of Flight Attendants-CWA! Thanks to CWAers for sending in letters to their Representatives to help make this happen.
CWA AND ALLIES LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR PATIENT SAFETY
NYS Assembly member Aileen Gunther, CWA District 1, NYSNA, and NYS AFL-CIO kick off the Campaign for Patient Safety on February 9.
CWA is proudly standing with our coalition partners to launch the Campaign for Patient Safety to demand New York State put patients above profits and pass The Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND TAKE ACTION
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE HONORS CWA NJ REP ALAN KAUFMAN
The New Jersey Legislature honored recently retired CWA NJ representative Alan Kaufman for his role as a Freedom Rider and union leader.
In July 1961, Alan was one of the several hundred Americans that in an act of extraordinary courage and commitment to civil rights boarded buses to Mississippi, AL to challenge segregation laws
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Birds of a Feather Flocked Together: CWA 1180-Bird Union Members Vote UNANIMOUSLY to Ratify Their First Union Contract!
