The Activities Committee has acquired 25 tickets to the August 10th Yankees vs Rangers game in the Bronx. The game starts at 7:05pm, the seats are in Section 212. The ticket price of $79 includes seat at Yankees Stadium as well as the ride there and back on L&S Journeys, the non-scab bus company.

If interested in attending, please contact Bill Stackman at bill@local81359.com

Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.

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The Activities Committee has acquired 25 tickets to the August 10th Yankees vs Rangers game in the Bronx. The game starts at 7:05pm, the seats are in Section 212. The ticket price of $79 includes seat at Yankees Stadium as well as the ride there and back on L&S Journeys, the non-scab bus company.

If interested in attending, please contact Bill Stackman at bill@local81359.com

Workers at Momentive Performance Materials had given their lives to the chemical plant. The strike was supposed to save what little they had left.

Click here for article

IUE-CWA Local 81359
2018 ANNUAL
STEAK ROAST
Saturday July 28, 2018

Price per ticket, member and one guest- $5.00 each

Ticket will enter you into drawings for 50/50 and door prizes, proceeds of the 50/50 to be donated to the Capital Region Food Bank.

For Tickets Contact Your Steward or a board member

               

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                                          MAKE THE CALL TO PROTECT CALL CENTER JOBS

New York State Legislators joined CWA to rally at the Capitol Building in Albany for the Save New York Call Centers Act, which would end tax breaks for companies that ship call center jobs overseas.

Dozens of CWA members from across New York State were joined by elected officials on June 5 in Albany to call on the State Senate to pass the Save New York Call Center Jobs Act, which, if passed, would end tax breaks for companies that ship call center jobs overseas. Over the past ten years, New York has lost almost 40,000 call center jobs while companies have received significant tax breaks from state and local governments.

The rally, which included speeches from Senators John Brooks, Mike Gianaris, and Tim Kennedy, Assemblyman Sean Ryan, and a representative from Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal's office, is part of a longterm campaign by CWA to get the bill passed in the Senate following overwhelming and bipartisan support in the New York State Assembly with a vote of 111-21 (all Assembly Democrats but one and roughly half of the Assembly Republicans voted in favor of the bill).

"If they want to keep getting tax dollars," said Josh Stroud, a call center worker in Albany and member of Local 1118. "If they want there to be tax dollars to get, they need to be making sure they're paying actual salaries in New York where those tax dollars are coming from."

TODAY is the last day of this year's New York State legislative session, and the bill has not yet been brought to the Senate floor for a vote - we need all hands on deck NOW to call Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan at 855-980-2291 and demand that the Save New York Call Centers Act be brought to a vote!

CHECK OUT video of the rally here.

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NJ PUBLIC SECTOR SHOP STEWARDS MEET FOR NEW STEWARDS TRAINING

Last week, more than 40 CWA members participated in a two-day Shop Stewards' training on mobilizing around workplace issues. The training joined newly-elected shop stewards of CWA Locals 1033, 1038, 1080, 1087, 1088, 1089, and 1039 that represent state, county, and municipal government employees in New Jersey.

Workshops covered the role of a shop steward, problem solving through mobilization, and the CWA STRONG program. With an impending Janus decision, stewards discussed plans on how they will continue to ramp up their efforts to sign up their co-workers into the union to reach their goal of 100% membership at their worksites.

Whether it's organizing, fighting for a contract, or mobilizing members at the worksite and electorally, shop stewards are on the front line to defend good jobs and strong public services. We look forward to seeing all that our stewards accomplish!

CWA Local 1088 Stewards

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARIES COMING UP JUNE 26

With a chance to reshape the political landscape in this year's Midterm Elections, the upcoming Congressional Primary in New York is an important opportunity for voters to make their voices heard.

CWA District 1 is proud to support a group of candidates who stand with working people. CWA members have been working hard to get out the vote for these candidates because we know they will fight for us.!

The New York Congressional Primary is next Tuesday, June 26 - CLICK HERE for a full list of our endorsements.

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LOCAL 1400 REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF BOSTON CREDIT UNION

CWA Local 1400 members will be discussing and voting later this week on a tentative agreement with City of Boston Credit Union. If ratified, the new five-year contract will include wage increases over the next several years, brand new options for disability insurance, no increase to health insurance premiums over the next several years, and more.

Great work, Local 1400!

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LEGISLATIVE POLITICAL CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON RETURNING POWER TO WORKING PEOPLE

Opening last week's CWA Legislative-Political Conference in Washington, D.C., CWA President Chris Shelton asked participants to lead the fight to win back power for working people in this fall's elections.

"We need to go from protest to politics, from protest to power," Shelton said. "And that fight starts right now."

After hearing from Democratic leaders including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Kristen Gillibrand, and a number of other speakers, and attending workshops on topics including combating inequality, telecommunications policy, and getting-out-the-vote, attendees put President Shelton's words into action by meeting with Senators and Representatives to discuss key issues and ask for their support.

District 1 members met with New York Senators Kristen Gillibrand (top) and Charles Schumer (bottom)

District 1 members met with a number of legislators, including Senators Kristen Gillibrand and Charles Schumer, and Representatives Paul Tonko, Eliot Engel, and Nita Lowey. One of the big topics of the day for District 1 members was the Call Center and Consumer Protection Act (S. 515/HR 1300), a bill similar to New York's Save New York Call Center Jobs Act but on the Federal level, and would require call center agents to disclose their name and physical location of their operation; allow U.S. consumers to request the call be transferred to a customer service agent who is physically located in the U.S.; create a public list of all employers that relocate a significant portion of their call center work overseas; and make such companies ineligible for Federal grants or guaranteed loans.

Clockwise from left: Local 1103's Joe Mayhew with Rep. Nita Lowey; Locals 1180 and 1106 with Rep. Grace Meng; Local 1118's Josh Stroud speaks with Rep. Paul Tonko; Jow Mayhew with Rep. Eliot Engel; Local 1118 and IUE with Rep. Tonko.

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CWA ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE NEW POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. organized the Poor People’s Campaign to link the Civil Rights movement to the fight for economic justice. He was in Memphis organizing the campaign in support of striking sanitation workers as part of that effort when he was assassinated. Now Reverend Dr. William J. Barber and the New Poor People’s Campaign have revived the spirit of King’s effort 50 years ago with a six week season of nonviolent direct action to highlight racial, economic and social injustice, and CWA members from around the country have joined the fight.

Local 1122's Lori Marranca joined the campaign in Albany on June 4 to demand living wages and healthcare for all. Protesters blocked the State Assembly chambers and were eventually arrested, including Lori, in order to call attention to issues surrounding poverty.

"We're union members, so we stick up for people and want people to have wages like us," Lori said. She added, "It was cool to be a part of something so big. The vibe was electric."

The theme of this week's rally was "A New and Unsettling Force: Confronting the Distorted Moral Narrative," and CWA Local 1180 was in Albany on Monday with dozens of members standing alongside other community groups and activists to send a clear message that working people will not rest until economic equality is achieved for all.

"The Poor People’s Campaign is one that I can definitely appreciate. It involves people from all different backgrounds but in the same class. We have to be more supportive of one another because even though we may be different, we are all still the same. We need to stay grounded and continue to fight and stand for what is right," said Robin Blair-Batte, Local 1180 Treasurer, who participated in the event. "The 1% should not be ruling; the 99% should be pushing our people power and the only way to do that is to stick together. It’s time for the 1% to give back."

The Poor People's Campaign will culminate this Saturday with a Global Day of Solidarity and Sending Forth Call to Action Mass Rally in Washington, D.C.

Robin Blair-Batte (front left), Local 1180 Secretary-Treasurer, with 1180 members in Albany at the June 18 Poor People's Campaign rally

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