Executive Vice President Angel Feliciano helps to build the Local 1101 Civil Rights and Equity Committee. There have been two meetings so far. We will keep you posted as the Committee progresses. |
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On Tuesday, March 29th, CWAers will again join together for a virtual town hall meeting. CWA President Larry Cohen, Executive Vice President Annie Hill, executive board members and thousands of CWA activists will be on the phone in our third meeting since the fight for fairness in the states got underway.
Topping the agenda: the April 4 Day of Action. That's when union members and allies from the Sierra Club, NAACP, La Raza, the Urban League, religious communities, the National Association of People with Disabilities, Common Cause and many more will stand together for workers' rights.
We'll get reports from the front lines of our fight for worker's rights and human rights in the states, and during the call, you'll also have an opportunity to ask questions. Click here to register. |
Hosted by Chris Shelton, Vice President CWA District 1
Sponsored by Communications Workers of America, District 1
When: April 4, 2011 5:00PM to 7:15PM
Where: NYC, City Hall Park
Forty-three years ago, in Memphis, a long struggle for human rights and human dignity ended in the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,but it brought economic justice and the respect that all people deserve to 1,300 city sanitation workers, on strike to win recognition of their union.
On April 4 this year,the anniversary of Dr. King's death, we will remind our elected officials that workers' rights are human rights, and that those rights will not be destroyed.
In every state, in every community, the fight for workers' rights and dignity goes forward.
And we're not alone. Civil and human rights activists; union members and supporters; Latinos, Asians and immigrants; religious supporters; environmental, student and women's groups; and many others: all of us will stand together for workers' rights.
Some politicians want to silence millions of working and middle class families.
On April 4th at City Hall Park it's time for Middle Class Families to make their voices heard. We will stand together. We won't be silenced. IT'S TIME TO FIGHT BACK
Location:
City Hall Park
New York City, NY
10007-1214
Directions:
City Hall Park between Broadway, Park Row and Chambers Street |
| T-Mobile and AT&T Merger Means Faster Broadband
Following is a statement by CWA President Larry Cohen on the planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T:
Washington, D.C. - For more than a decade, the United States has continued to drop behind nearly every other developed economy on broadband speed and build out. The Federal Communications Commission sounded the alarm more than a year ago with its broadband report, and President Obama in his State of the Union address called for increased efforts to bring the U.S. back to global parity as a key stimulus for economic development.
Today's announcement of the acquisition of T-Mobile USA by AT&T is a victory for broadband proponents in both the U.S. and Germany. For the U.S., it means that T-Mobile customers will get quick access to the AT&T network, soon to include LTE or data speeds of at least 10 megabits down stream. More important, as part of the deal, AT&T is committing to build out to nearly every part of the U.S. within six years. Both AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM technology so there will be the immediate benefit of shared spectrum. Other reported deals involving T-Mobile would have joined incompatible networks; not only would that have forced a rebuild but would have required new phones for T- Mobile customers.
In Germany, the cash deal will provide investment in parent Deutsche Telekom's own fiber network, particularly important for DT's principal owner, the German government.
CWA and ver.di, the largest union in Germany, have partnered to support T-Mobile workers in the U.S., and the global union movement has been a strong supporter of this effort. CWA and ver.di formed a joint union - TU - that represents T-Mobile workers on both sides of the Atlantic. Hundreds of TU members in the U.S. will welcome this news since of all the possible partners, AT&T will mean better employment security and a management record of full neutrality toward union membership and a bargaining voice. For T-Mobile USA workers who want a voice in their workplace, this acquisition can provide a fresh start with T-Mobile management. Some 42,000 ATT mobility employees are union represented.
As with any merger or acquisition involving large entities, oversight issues will be raised. We ask all those involved to balance the inquiry with adequate weight for broadband speed and build out, and employment and workers rights. |
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Verizon To Use Contractors
Verizon has notified the National Union that they intend to use independent contractors to perform all the work associated with the following functions.
1. Corporate Telecom Services
2. Cable Locate Work
3. Coin Collection Work
4. Fiber Solutions Center Work
We have responded to the Company that their notification to us was a wake up call to our membership. Clearly this notification shows their intent to move all the work to contractors. This was not a simple "six (6) notification letter" but part of a Strategic Corporate Plan to destroy our bargaining unit. If Verizon believes they can destroy our Union they should know that they may get destroyed in the process.
It is time for every member to send a message to their managers. We have had enough. We are tired of Verizon sending our work to contractors. We are not taking it any more. It's time to Fight Back ! |
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Wherever Workers' Rights Are Being Threatened, CWA Members Have Answered The Call
The fight for workers' rights continues to rage all across the United States. Saturday 70,000 turned out in Madison and tens of thousands more across the USA.
Friday, I joined with thousands of CWA activists and other unionists and allies who rallied in Trenton in the rain to stand in solidarity with workers in Wisconsin, and send a message to NJ Governor Chris Christie that his Wall Street cronies have created the financial mess and not the working families of NJ.
What began in Wisconsin and Ohio has spread like wildfire to every corner of the USA. In state after state, workers are standing up to disgraceful attempts to strip us of our fundamental collective bargaining and organizing rights.
This movement is building quickly, so on Wednesday CWA is holding another national Union Hall phone call for their members and activists throughout the country. Sign up and join here! www.CWA-Action.org
Last week, more than 5,000 participants joined the first-ever national Union Hall call. It featured local reports from CWA activists from Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Florida, and Tennessee. They talked about the importance of bringing our fight back for collective bargaining into our workplaces.
We made it clear that this fight is happening all over the United States - and that wherever workers' rights are being threatened, CWA members have answered the call.
In New York and North Carolina, in California and Colorado, in Iowa and Alaska and Washington State, thousands of our brothers and sisters have attended rallies in defense of our right to organize. View the list of local rallies to find one near you.
On Friday, CWA members across the country wore Wisconsin red in solidarity with all workers whose rights are being attacked by conservative lawmakers and the Big Businesses that line their pockets.
We are mobilizing across the country like I've never seen before. As I said on last week's call, "This is the dawn of a new movement. This is an awakening."
I hope you'll join us Wednesday and continue to be part of it.
In Unity,
Larry Cohen
President
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CWA Local 1101
275 7th Ave., 17th Floor New York, NY 10011
Phone: 212-633-2666
Fax: 212-633-8337 WORK SAFELY, DO A QUALITY JOB, BE ON THE JOB
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