CWA Local 3601 Scholarships

Winners must be enrolled for the 2008-2009 school year. The winners of these scholarships will be determined at the October membership meeting by a random drawing of valid applications. Applicants need not be present to win. One alternate will be drawn in each category in case there is a forfeiture or disqualification. The Local will notify the winners.

The scholarships will be paid to the winners selected educational institution or to the member upon verification of paid receipts from the selected institution.

The following application must be correctly and fully completed to be valid. Both the member and the applicant must sign the application. Any application not filled out correctly and fully is void. Only one entry per applicant is acceptable. There will be no exceptions. All applications must be sent US Mail and postmarked no later than September 31^st 2008. No applications will be accepted after this date.

CWA Local 3601 reserves the right to determine the rules and compliance of this contest.

All applications must be mailed to the Hall at:

CWA local 3601, Education Commitee, 210 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Members Name _____________________________________________

Social Security Number_______________________________________

Applicant's Name____________________________________________

Relationship________________________________________________

Address___________________________________________________

Educational Institution_______________________________________

(Circle one)         2 year             4year

Members Work Location______________________________________

I agree to the rules and conditions of CWA Local 3601 scholarship program and I shall comply with them.

Signed (member)____________________________________________

Signed (applicant)___________________________________________

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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

Here is the Question of the Month for July:

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 Statement 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.