CWA 1133 Communications Vital Signs
June 2025 Vital Signs
Mobilizing:
We had a great day at the Kenmore Residual rally on May 22nd!
Thank you to everyone who came out even though it was raining!
We have multiple departments meetings scheduled throughout the next month. Members of the bargaining team will be there. If you would like a meeting in your department, please call the union hall.
Remember our contract expires on June 30th, 2025!
Lead Mobilizers for Kenmore: Cheryl Tumia RN 3E, Fred Rich RN 3E, Courtney Polasik RN MRU, Hannah May RN Float.
Lead Mobilizers for Mercy: Bob Scime Radiology Support, Rebecca Aldrow Pharmacy Tech, Kerri Diebold-Phillips ED ITA, Cody Wagner RN ICU, Lisa Golab RN Mother Baby, Matt O'Connell RN Stress Lab, Chanell Jones Central Supply, Andrea Gilmour EKG Tech, Jenn Liberti RN Mother Baby, Lovei Martin CNA OLV, Brendon Moskal OR Tech, Dean Mesi Float Pool RN.
Lead Mobilizer for St. Joes: Julianna Chapman RN Hall 4
If you do not have a red badge holder or button, please contact your mobilizer!
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE WEARING YOUR BUTTON AND BADGE HOLDER!
Parades Coming Up:
- June 14 - Juneteenth
- July 15 - Canal Fest
- August 16 - Puerto Rican & Hispanic
- September 1 - Labor Day
- More information for each parade to come.
Reminders & Updates:
- There will be no contracted increase in June until the contract is resolved, and retro will be negotiated.
- We will no longer respond to questions on the BMH and KMH Facebook group. It’s an out-of-date page. Please use the other Facebook group CWA Local 1133 Updates.
- If you have any questions about the union contract, please call the union hall.
- If you are interested in communicating information to your unit regarding bargaining updates, please contact Bob Scime at the union hall 716-828-1133.
Article 43: Overtime:
- Section 1. Overtime shall be paid to all employees covered by these Agreements.
- Section 2. Paid time off for bereavement leave, all Union representation time and scheduled PTO days shall be considered as time worked for the purpose of computing overtime pay.
- Section 3. Overtime shall be paid at one and one-half (l½) times an employee's basic hourly rate, including shift differential, for all hours worked in excess of thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours per week. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the employee shall not be paid the overtime rate for the first thirty (30) minutes beyond the end of an employee's regularly scheduled shift, to complete work in progress that has been authorized by the employee's supervisor. No employee shall be paid twice for the same overtime worked
Lobby Day:
On May 13, 4 1133 members traveled to Albany to talk to legislators about key issues, most importantly CWAs bill to ban mandatory overtime for all patient care titles. This bill is very important to us, and our members were able to speak to why this is so important not only to us as healthcare workers, but to our community.
We also talked to legislators about the clinical staffing committee law and the DOH's enforcement of it. Senator Sean Ryan has already reached out directly to the DOH on our behalf, and we were able to push another legislator from Manhattan to reach out as well. This type of pressure is exactly what we need to put the DOH on notice that they need to fulfill their obligation under the law to enforce staffing ratios.
Last, for our fellow CWA brothers and sisters at Telecom locals, we discussed 2 very important bills that will protect their work. As a result of one of our meetings, a legislator agreed to be a cosponsor of our bill!
The legislative session is over in about a month and is going to be jam-packed with hundreds of bills that legislators are working to push through. These trips we make to Albany are key to getting legislators to champion our bills!
This update was brought to you by the Communications Committee:
Rebecca Aldrow, Jamie Banks, Kerri Diebold-Phillips, Kimberly Hayward, Brian Magner, Kevonna Neely, Larry Potts, Sharon Scime, Bonnie Shantz and Jennifer Williams.