Communications Workers of America Local 1133
Mercy United!
CWA Local 1133 President
Patti A Warnes
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The healthcare workers of Catholic Health Systems
are focused on patient safety.
Is Catholic Health?
For the last six weeks, the healthcare workers of Catholic Health Systems have been bargaining with the management of Mercy Hospital. The nurses, technologists, and other healthcare workers have been focused on making sure the hospital continues to recruit and keep excellent staff. Without the proper amount of staff for the number of patients they see, patient safety can be at risk.
Rather than discuss these important patient safety issues, the hospital management is focused on cutting the number of healthcare workers, and reducing the benefits for those who remain.
The healthcare workers of Catholic Health Systems will continue negotiating with the management of the hospital until they reach a contract that protects patient safety.
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CWA MEMBERS
SEND THE MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR
“WE WILL NOT TAKE CONCESSIONS”
CONTACT C. J. URLAUB AT 828-2008 AND LET HIM KNOW YOU SUPPORT YOUR BARGAINING COMMITTEE. STOP CONCESSIONARY BARGAINING AND LET’S GET SERIOUS. PRESENT CONTRACT LANGUAGE IS OUR POSITION AND WE WILL TAKE “NO BACKWARD MOVEMENT”.
THE COMMITTEE IS WORKING TO PROVIDE OUR MEMBERS WITH A FAIR AND JUST CONTRACT. CONTACT CWA LOCAL 1133 AT (716) 828-1133 TO JOIN IN OUR MOBILIZATION EFFORTS AND ASSIST IN A VARIETY OF COMMITTEES. YOU ARE THE UNION AND OUR STRENGTH LIES WITHIN EACH OF YOU. LET US WORK TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN OUR WAGES, BENEFITS AND IMPROVE OUR EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS. THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SIGN-UP:
- PICKETING COMMITTEE
- MEMBERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
- LOCAL STRIKE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
- PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
- DEFENSE FUND AND COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT !!!
IN SOLIDARITY,
PATTI WARNES, PRESIDENT
CWA LOCAL 1133
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The Union MallTM
In light of the fact that many who live, work and raise their families across Western New York do want to purchase Union-made products and contract those local companies that offer Union-represented services, as well as buy American and Locally-made products/services, many are finding it hard to do so.
Why?
It’s because when it comes down to it, consumers looking to do the right thing just don’t know how to find Union-made, American-made and Locally-made products and/or services. For example, you won’t know who is and who is not Union when you view your local Yellow Page directories searching for such.
So in order to promote and advertise Union-made-and-represented, as well as American-made and Locally-produced goods and services by an array of Union-friendly companies, WNYLaborToday.com has created The Union Mall – An A to Z listing of such products and services.
Our Regional Labor News Web Site asks all to patronize and support those advertisers who are listed within The Union Mall as we all do our part to support, strengthen and rebuild the American Economy.
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CORPORATE MONEY IN POLITICS
Fighting BackCWA, our Legislative Political Action Teams in every district and our progressive allies are fighting back against the flood of corporate dollars that is destroying our democratic process. Click to learn how. |
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Report Brings GE's 2.3% Tax Bite to Light
General Electric (GE) records show that it pays far, far less in taxes than us ordinary taxpayers. So much for the claim that corporate taxes are too high. GE’s Securities and Exchange Commission 10-K filing for 2011 reveals that the company paid at most 2.3 percent of its $81.2 billion in U.S. pretax profits in federal income taxes during the past the past 10 years.
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Union Membership Rate Fell
Again in 2011
The nation’s union membership rate continued a decades-long slide last year, falling to 11.8 percent of the American work force in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced in a report on Friday.
That was down from 11.9 percent the previous year even though total union membership edged up, rising by 49,000 last year to 14.76 million. The overall membership rate declined because the increases in organized labor’s ranks did not keep pace with overall growth in employment.
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Scholarship Winners for 2012
Delegates and Officers from the Western New York Council of the CWA convened on November 9, 2011 and held a random lottery drawing for the 2012 Eugene Mays Scholarship Awards. A total of 8 $1500 scholarships will be awarded to each of the winners at the 38th Annual Eugene J. Mays Memorial Awards Dinner.
Congratulations to the Winners – listed in the order of the drawing results:
1. Meghan Dolina Coleen Dolina 2. Randy Bloom Randy Bloom 3. Jordan Quatrini Carlene Deacy 4. Jashua Andruszko Robert Andruszko 5. Colleen Czerwiec Self 6. Rebecca Twardowski Marilyn Twardowski 7. Brian Dunham Catherine Dunham 8. Aaron Mycek Maureen Mycek
The scholarship applications for the 2013 will be available in the fall of 2012! Watch for the Mays Golf outing which is the major fundraiser for this scholarship program or visit the WNY Council of the CWA web site for more information.
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CWA Membership
Meeting Schedule
Meetings will be held at CWA Local 1133 821 Elk Street Buffalo, NY 14210
June 7th, 2012
at 5:30 pmSept. 13, 2012
at 1:30 pmDecember 6, 2012
at 5:30 pmHoliday Party information to be announced
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