Communications Workers of America Local 1133
Mercy United!
CWA Local 1133 President
Patti A Warnes
President Obama Signs American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Stimulus Extends Trade Assistance Benefits to Service Workers
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The Shameful Attack on
Public Employees
Labor Representatives Raise Concern At City Council Meeting
Next Step: Deficit Reduction
Home is Where the Lobby Visit Is
Solis Nomination Vote Expected
Airline Flight Crew Family and Medical Leave Act
Federal Shield Law Reintroduced
Chemical Security Bill Will
Protect Us All
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Attention CWA Local 1133 Members:
NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
The following people have accepted nominations:
Secretary/Treasurer: (One position needed)
Marie Bizub
Dawn Eschner
Chris Harroun
Laura Nowak
Mercy Hospital Bargaining - STC: (Two positions needed)
Carol Eisenmenger
Kurt Kubiak
Eileen McDonald
Mercy Hospital Bargaining - RN: (Two positions needed)
Carol Burt
Dolly Covert
Carrie Evoy
Mary Beth Gallagher
Maureen Wilson
Jackie Zasowski
ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD
January 16, 2012
AT YOUR LOCAL UNION OFFICE
821 ELK ST., SUITE A
BUFFALO, NY 14210
6:00am – 8:00pm
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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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Logo Contest
District 1 - CWA Healthcare WorkersWelcome to our Logo Contest where the winner will receive recognition for their inspiring creation and a gift card for $50.00. You will be designing a logo for CWA Healthcare Workers.
For full details please read the contest guidelines here.
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Public-sector workers earn less
January 5, 2011Last year, EPI published a paper by Rutgers University professor Jeffrey Keefe, which supplied overwhelming evidence that public-sector workers, on the whole, earn less than those in the private sector.
Keefe offered some suggestions for why these public employees are often perceived to be overcompensated. For starters, public sector workers are, as a group, more highly educated, work in more highly paid occupations and they tend to work moderately fewer hours than those in the private sector. In addition, it is frequently noted that public employees earn more in benefits such as health care and pensions: therefore, a simple wage comparison will not accurately capture difference in total compensation. Nonetheless, after controlling for multiple factors including level of education, hours worked and non-cash compensation, Keefe found that, on average, full-time state and local employees are undercompensated compared to “otherwise similar private-sector workers.”
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The Texas Omen
These are tough times for state governments. Huge deficits loom almost everywhere, from California to New York, from New Jersey to Texas.
Wait — Texas? Wasn’t Texas supposed to be thriving even as the rest of America suffered? Didn’t its governor declare, during his re-election campaign, that “we have billions in surplus”? Yes, it was, and yes, he did. But reality has now intruded, in the form of a deficit expected to run as high as $25 billion over the next two years.
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Congratulations CWA Local 1133 Officers & Executive Board Members!
The votes are in and your elected officials are as follows:
President
Patti WarnesVice President
Louis FucinaSecretary/Treasurer Pending Election
Mercy Hospital Executive Board Members
Carol Eisenmenger
Mary Beth Gallagher
Mary Gavin
Kurt Kubiak
Jackie ZasowskiKenmore Mercy Hospital Executive Board Member
Vanessa Quinn
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