Connect
with your Union. Go to
7102
Contacts/Email to find out
how. Retiree
info in the Local
News section. Note:
The local meetings are now at 6:30 PM (time change) on the 2nd Thursday
of each month. CWA
and CenturyLink Bargaining News Helping to put faces
on those who are at the table working for us all. Left to Right: Brent
Duvall, President,CWA Local 7603, Lisa Avila, Executive Vice President,CWA
Local 7704, Jay Boyle - Bargaining Co-chair, Reed Roberts - Bargaining
Chair, Ken Saether, President, CWA Local 7906, Audrey Deguio, Executive
Vice President, CWA Local 7777 Bargaining resumed
at 10:00 am on Wednesday May 8th. The Union has
requested and the Company has agreed to bring in a federal mediator. Talks are currently
recessed until Tuesday, May 14 when they will restart with the assistance
of a mediator. One of the conditions
of mediation is that there will be a media and social media blackout while
the parties are in mediation. This means that another bargaining report
will not be posted nor will there be another bargaining conference call
scheduled until this process is completed. The call that was scheduled
for Thursday, May
16th is cancelled. The contract
is now extended through Saturday, May 18, 2013. We are continuing to work under the
existing contract on a day to day basis. Workers remain
on the job as long as the extension is in effect. As the above report states, no reports
will be online at
http://www.cwadistrict7.org Colleagues, The pressure
is building! More CWA and IBEW contracts with CenturyLink are
stacking up behind us around the county. Now the company
has the gaul to ask you to help them secure commercial property tax breaks
here in Iowa while they are proposing cuts to your wages and benefits!
In addition, if that proposed tax break legislation passes, guess who will
pick up the difference -- that's right you and all the other Iowans! I know, you know
what to do. As you are aware,
the CenturyLink Shareholders meeting is tomorrow May 22, 2013, in Monroe,
LA Attached is a
flyer for you to share with with your family and friends -- even the general
public. Keep it up! In Unity, Francis Giunta CWA Local 7110 563-556-5236
Here
is the latest Strike
Duty ScheduleLast
issue 10- 26-12 PLEASE
NOTE: In the event of a strike the schedule will be updated with your ACTUAL
strike duty time and location. Contact for the Spreedshet is Rochelle
Long <robo78@msn.com> We will keep the local web site updated
with Breaking News throughout, and send out Newsletter Blasts to
people signed up for the CWA 7102 Newsletter
Video of Midge Slater
of CWA for Iowa Medicaid Expansion She delivers a great
speech... do check it out.
CWA
CenturyLink Contract Bargaining 2012 NOW you say you want
bargaining updates. CWA District 7 sent out
cards to union members to fill out with their personal email and cell phone
number.
If they filled them out
and turned them in, they should have gotten the login and password so when
notified they can login to the D7 site to get the updates at http://www.cwadistrict7.org/ If you are a CWA union member
and didn't get your login... contact the local CWA office in the links
above.
Retired members in the CWA/RMC
Retiree Chapters may contact their local president for the login and password.
Why is this so difficult... We are not allowed to post
any updates on the website. Due to the injunction with Qwest had us under
we can not post any public information. That's why the district set it
up on their site and we have the user name and password for members. This
is like voter ID restrictions you see in many states, you have to be smarter
and work a little harder than the other side.
New from your Union.
Sweatshirts
They are $40 each.
Sizes M-4XL.
If
you just wonder down the road of life without speaking up for your rights
you are just
ROAD KILL.
But you can occupy
the
road telling the 1% you are not going to be run over by them anymore.