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1109 Updates Archive
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Jan 26 2012Today, 282 Brooklyn Cablevision technicians and dispatchers in Brooklyn voted to join the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 1109 in a union election administered by National Labor Relations Board, overcoming a vigorous anti-union campaign led by Cablevision. They are the...
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Jan 17 2012Cablevision’s Brooklyn workers are tired of their poor working conditions, lousy healthcare coverage and sham retirement plans. While the 99% at Cablevision are trying to make ends meet, the top six executives raked in $75 million in 2010 and the company pulled in $361 million in profits....
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Dec 22 2011Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 1109! A Holiday Message from President Rolando Scott Brothers and Sisters - As Christmas Day and New Year's Day approaches, I just wanted to take a moment on behalf of myself and the leadership of Local 1109 to wish all the members...
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Nov 18 2011The March for the 99% and the Nov. 17th union supported Occupy Wall Street protest were incredible. The following is some of the media coverage from the last week or so. Besides the March and the Nov 17th Rally, CWA also helped release a report from Citizens for Tax Justice on Verizon's tax...
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Nov 16 2011As we get them, we will post them right here. Also, be sure to sign-up for The WiRE, the official e-mail newsletter of CWA Local 1109. NEW - exclusive to Local 1109 members only, simply text 1109 to 313131 and get text blast updates on bargaining and other important union info. To get more...
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Nov 9 2011Senate Bill 5, which limited collective bargaining in the name of cost control, was reviled by public employees. Yesterday, voters soundly defeated the proposal and sent a clear message to the governor and the bill’s GOP proponents. By Jim Siegel & Joe Vardon...
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Nov 8 2011CWA and our labor allies are making calls to members of the House to defeat a sweeping measure that would restrict the rights of workers to fairly hold union elections. The legislation is a direct attack on workers’ rights to fair union elections and representation in the workplace. The bill,...
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Oct 11 2011Oct 6, 2011 CWA: Movement's Peaceful Protests 'An Appropriate Expression of Anger' Fighting for economic justice and good jobs to rebuild America's middle class, CWA members and thousands of other union members joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators for a march in New York's financial district...
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Oct 4 2011Here’s what the American Jobs Act does: • First, it provides a tax cut for small businesses, not big corporations, to help them hire and expand now, and provides an additional tax cut to any business that hires or increases wages. • Second, it puts more people back to work, including...
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Sep 28 2011CWA and other unions Wednesday defeated an effort by Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from carrying out its mission to protect workers against employers’ unfair labor practices. The fight will continue on the Senate floor where...
