AT&T Southeast Bargaining Update

Question of the Month!!

At the May membership meeting, we passed a motion to replace the monthly seat drawing with the Question of the Month.

Here's how the question works:

1. There will be a question posted on cwa3601.org the Wednesday after every membership meeting. You must go to the website to get the question.

2. At the following monthly membership meeting, upon arrival you will be given a ticket.

3. During the meeting a ticket will be drawn from the hat and the Question of the Month will be asked to the member whose ticket was drawn.

4. If the member answers the question correctly they will win $25.00. If the member cannot correctly answer the question another ticket will be drawn until someone wins the $25.00

Click here for winners

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Solidarity Contest!!

A mobilization initiative was voted into effect at the membership meeting in May. In an effort to raise awareness and foster continued unity, a new contest will be introduced to replace the red shirt drawing that was suspended after AT&T took over. The new contest will begin in June.

The way the NEW contest works:

1. All members get their names put in a hat

2. All members that attended the last membership meeting get their names put in the hat again.(attending the meeting increases your chances of winning)

3. One name will be drawn at random twice a month on a Thursday

4. The named person will get a visit at their work location from an E-Board representative.

5. If the named person has a CWA Logo on their uniform and a red CWA ID lanyard or a red CWA eyeglass strap (or both) they get $25.00 and their photograph put on the website .

6. If the named person does not have on the required accessories they get named on the website with our condolences. Then another name is drawn and another visit made.

It is the local unions responsibility to enforce the contract. In order to do this, our members are asked to make a S tatement of Occurrence if they feel there has been some sort of contract violation. When filling out the statement of  occurrence be sure to include the date, article in the contract, and all details regarding the occurrence. All discipline is subject to the grievance procedure. This form is the first step in filing a grievance; the local officers and stewards will determine if there has been a contract violation. A grievance does not have to be filed if the Union believes it is unfounded, or without any basis in the contract. But even though the problem may not be grievable, does not mean there is not a solution to the problem, fill out the form anyway, we will try to solve worker complaints through negotiation with local management.

You will need a copy of Adobe Reader to open the pdf form if you don't already have it click here

When filling out the Statement of Occurrence.pdf form you will not be able to email or save the form with the fields filled, so be sure to print it before exiting the page or you will lose the information that you provide.