Bargaining Update Call Information

Tonight’s bargaining update call was an informative one. For those who missed it, an archive of the call will be available at district6.cwa-union.org/mobilitycall later this week, and you can review the earlier calls as well.

Among the many issues covered, we have been asked to take time to dial 888-877-2040 to express our support for HR 3596, the United States Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act. Please get involved with supporting this important legislation and ask family and friends to get involved too; this affects everyone you know and could make a real difference for our local community as well.

Also discussed on the call were strike authorization ballots. As mentioned, this does not mean we are on strike, or are voting to strike. We are voting to give the Union authority to authorize a strike in the event that the bargaining committee and the company are not able to come to an agreement on a good, fair contract. It is very important that the bargaining committee be able to demonstrate broad support for this measure from our membership; solidarity on this issue is both the best way to ensure the best contract possible as well as reducing the possibility of an actual strike. The company will want to avoid the possibility of a strike when they see that we are all united on this issue.

For a strike authorization ballot, see a steward. We will be distributing the ballots to stewards as early as tomorrow and expect them to be widely available by the end of this week.