First and foremost I want to alert everyone about an initiative petition signature drive currently underway. Initiative 841 has been represented as a job/economy saving potential bit of legislation to protect the State and businesses from financial ruin. B.S. – All it is is another back door attempt by management to “Kill” Washington State Chapter 296-62 WAC better known as the Ergonomics Code. After a tremendous effort by Organized Labor, Labor and Industries, and concerned Legislators Washington enacted an Ergonomics Code that is the only one of its kind in the USA and was used by OSHA as a template for the Federal ergo standard which was immediately killed by the present administration. Hence Washington’s Ergonomics WAC (Washington Administrative Code) is the one. Click to continue »
May, 2003
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Safety Corner May/June 2003
Friday, May 2nd, 2003Photo Corner
Thursday, May 1st, 2003President Clay Bowlby shares a laugh and offers well wishes to retiree Bruce Larson upon his
retirement after his many years of service to the “phone factory.” Bruce accepted VSPP in September, but was honored and given a check by the Union at April’s meeting
Good and Welfare
Thursday, May 1st, 2003Anniversaries: MAY: Jim Ensey, 35 years; Bruce Summers, 30 ; Keith McClements, 25; Jay Peers, 20. JUNE: Gary Disch, 30; Randy Grams, 30; Jim Reynolds, 25; Larry Gillen, 25; Eddie Stratton, 25; Leamay Heib, 25; Greg Steckler, 20
Retirees : Robert Popek; James Sholseth; Harry Partl.
A Short Labor History Biography
Thursday, May 1st, 2003Conboy, Sara Agnes McLaughlin (1870-1928), labor leader.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 3, 1870, Sara McLaughlin went to work in a candy factory at age 11. Over the next several years she worked in a button factory and then in various carpet mills, becoming a skilled weaver. She also married Joseph P. Conboy, who died two years after their marriage. Her success in leading the employees of the Roxbury mill where she worked in a strike for higher wages and union recognition thrust her into a position of prominence in labor circles. She became an organizer for the United Textile Workers of America. She proved a highly effective fund-raiser and lobbyist on behalf of legislation protecting women and children in factories Click to continue »
New Updates to the Site
Thursday, May 1st, 2003There are some new features available on our website located at http://www.cwalocal7804.org. A new password-protected members section provides news updates and a message board. You can request to be added to an email notification list. Also, the site has been redesigned with a clearer layout, new news and safety article archives and news from the main CWA site. Soon to come: searchable news and safety archives. Click to continue »
The Birth of Labor Day
Thursday, May 1st, 2003Pullman, Illinois was a company town, founded in 1880 by George Pullman, president of the railroad sleeping car company. Pullman designed and built the town to stand as a utopian workers’ community insulated from the moral (and political) seductions of nearby Chicago. Click to continue »
Secretary’s Report
Thursday, May 1st, 2003By Randy Grams
I would like to furnish the membership with some useful information in this edition of our newsletter. I have several items from the District 7 Conference worth relaying to you.
Qwest early bargaining will begin May 5. Normal expiration August 16. Click to continue »
The President’s Corner
Thursday, May 1st, 2003by Clay Bowlby
April 11th –15th I attended the C.W.A. District 7 Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The first two days were used for the traditional speeches from local politicians and union officials. We attended four different workshops on different issues involving the operation of the Local. The last two days we spent on the impending contract negotiations and the issues which we wanted to move forward in bargaining. As you can imagine, the different Locals had varying ideas on what are the most pressing issues for this contract. Click to continue »