Brothers and Sisters, as we enter into a new year with new leadership, we have a challenging road ahead of us. With our contract due in August of this year, the company constantly cutting jobs and benefits, and local management pushing contract interpretation to the extreme, there has never been a time more important than now to show a unified front to the company. Many of you already know who I am and that I have a strong voice for CWA, but if I may tell you a little about my tenure as a union representative.
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AT&T says T-Mobile deal isn’t dead, but sets aside $4B break-up fee.AT&T has withdrawn its merger application at the FCC but will still seek approval for the deal in a court case with the DOJ.AT&T will continue to seek antitrust clearance for its merger with rival T-Mobile USA, it said Thursday. However, to reflect the break-up fee it will have to pay T-Mobile’s owner Deutsche Telekom if the deal does not get regulatory approval, AT&T expects to recognize a $4 billion accounting charge in the fourth quarter.
Feb 25, 2011 CWA members in Washington, D.C. (left), and Puerto Rico (bottom of full page), were among huge crowds that rallied in cities nationwide in support of workers in Ohio, Wisconsin and other states where their collective bargaining and other rights are threatened. What began in Wisconsin and Ohio is spreading like wildfire across the United States, with huge pro-worker rallies in cities nationwide and a new poll showing Americans strongly support collective bargaining rights for public employees. The USA Today/Gallup poll, released Tuesday, showed that 61 percent of respondents would oppose a bill in their state like the one being pushed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to kill public sector collective bargaining. Jan 20, 2011 The National Labor Relations Board is threatening lawsuits against four states for violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution in their attempts to restrict the rights of workers to organize unions. At issue are state constitutional amendments that voters in Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah approved Nov. 2, acting . . . → Read More: NLRB Warns States Not to Restrict Workers’ Organizing Rights Feb 25, 2011 Members of CWA Local 4630 in Madison outside the Wisconsin statehouse, where the nation’s firestorm of workers’ protests began nearly two weeks ago. Proving that Gov. Scott Walker is using budget concerns as a cover for union-busting, leaders of state employee unions said they would accept the governor’s demands for pension and health care cuts as long as he stops trying to kill collective bargaining rights. Walker flatly refused, showing no respect for the offer or the tens of thousands of people continuing to demonstrate outside the state capitol and in cities throughout Wisconsin. What every member should know:
-The significance of Red on Thursday-
In 1989, CWA Local 1400 along with our union brothers and sisters in New York were on strike. One of the New York members from CWA Local 1103 walking the picket line was Chief Union Steward, E. Gerald Horgan. Eleven (11) years ago this August 15th, Gerry Horgan was killed from injuries he sustained when he was run down by a “scab” as he walked a picket line while striking for health care benefits. The driver of the vehicle which killed him was a manager’s daughter acting as a “scab” during the strike. As she approached the picket line, she accidentally accelerated her vehicle, and struck Gerry Horgan.
But the long wait for repair work on your phone service is because AT&T has been cutting its workforce that deals with landlines. |
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