These programs are created by staff personnel at Qwest in order to remove people from the headcount. I can’t make this any plainer for you. Our jobs are under attack. Our working conditions are under attack. The company tries to control the work; however we know they are doing a bad job of it Click to continue »

By Randy Grams

An investigatory interview occurs when a supervisor questions an employee to obtain information, which could be used as a basis for discipline or asks an employee to defend his or her conduct.

If your supervisor asks you to attend a meeting with him, and there are people in the room you don’t recognize (ie, security), you have a right to request union representation. If an employee has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequence may result from what he says the employee has a right to request union representation. Click to continue »

Because it has been over a year since CWA reached an agreement with USWest to instruct its members not to wear black armbands in customer contact areas, we wanted to provide an update on the status of the continuing dispute with USWest over protected concerted activities. Click to continue »