There seems to be no end to the ways that our concerned employer can attempt to guarantee the health and welfare of its employees. The problem is that USWest consistently feels that all corporate problems stem from the self-satisfied-lackadaisical-give-a-rat’s-behind attitude of us, the whiny employees. Click to continue »
May, 2000
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Safety Corner May, 2000
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2000Moving in, on and beyond…
Monday, May 1st, 2000New Members: Bill Brady; Kenneth Driggers: Andrew Requa; Eric Bartlett; Charles Short; David Johnson; Wendi Patterson; John Appelt; Jeffrey Carter; Tracy McDonald; Tyrone Brown; Nancy Knuckey; Justin Grams; Keith Picker; Joseph Alonso; Jeff Bragg; Matt Dillon; Debora McPhatter. To you all: WELCOME! Click to continue »
Union Picnic
Monday, May 1st, 2000Though it is still a few months off, it is never too early to volunteer to help with the Union Picnic. If you can lend a hand this year let a steward or officer know.
The date for the picnic is July 9. All help is greatly appreicated. Thank You.
Legislative News
Monday, May 1st, 2000INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS:
CWA will advocate the enactment of the Independent Contractor Clarification Act HR 1525. This would prevent employers from mis-classifying workers as independent contractors and would grant workers treated as independent contactors the same protections as those classified as employees. Click to continue »
CWA/IBEW JURISDICTIONAL DISPUTE REFERRED TO ARBITRATION
Monday, May 1st, 2000As CWA’s presence in the unregulated cabling and wiring business has expanded, IBEW (inside wire) Locals are increasingly challenging the right of a CWA signatory contractor and/or their employee’s (our members) access to work on certain construction projects. The stated reasoning for this is that CWA is not a member of the Unions that comprise the building trades council and that telecommunications work (cabling and wiring systems) falls within their jurisdiction and should only be peformed by members of the appropriate “Inside Wire” IBEW Local Union. In an attempt to resolve this loggerhead, CWA has applied for membership in both the national and local building trades councils, but our applications have been consistenlty blocked due to objections raised by the IBEW. Click to continue »
The New and Improved WSLC.ORG
Monday, May 1st, 2000For the first time since 1997, the Washington State Labor Council has completely redesigned its website at WWW.WSLC.ORG and now offers more information about union than ever.
Each morning a local labor news story is posted at the WSLC Reports Today page, along with links to union news of interest in that day’s state and nationa newspapers. Click to continue »
Membership News
Monday, May 1st, 2000By Randy Grams
Our Local has experienced some turnover during the past several months. Also, it is obvious we are gaining new members as well. To share with you, we have lost 18 members to retirement in the last 3 months, and gained 44 new members. To date, we have 10 known non-members, and a handful have taken management jobs. We have 3 known retirees working as incidentals or occasionals, and several incidental members (850 hours per year). As close as I can estimate this local now has close to 320 members in good standing from USW, and another dozen or so between AT&T, and Lucent. Click to continue »
The President’s Corner
Monday, May 1st, 2000by Clay Bowlby
On April 7, USWest and CWA District #7 opened a short bargaining session in an attempt to extend the current agreement. Unfortuanely an agreement was not forthcoming, mostly due to the company’s failure to offer a substantial increase in the pension bands. Strangely, this was the primary reason that early bargaining was requested by the company. I am pleased that our bargaining team went and listened to the company but also that they were true to their own goals and did not continue to talk with the company after it became apparent that the company was not truly interested in retaining its most experienced employees, their stated goal. Click to continue »