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July 13, 2007
Volume 07 NO 28
CWA 69th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION
"Toronto, Canada"
The Local’s Executive Board members will be out of the office in
attendance to the Communications Workers of America 69th
Annual Convention held in Toronto, Canada.
The Officers will be leaving for Canada on Thursday, July 12,
2007, returning to the office on Monday, July 23, 2007.
During the absence of the E-Board, the local office will remain
open and continue to operate business as usual.
TRAINING SCHEDULE
"Advanced Steward Training"
There will be an advanced steward training session held on
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 in Lot 1 at Rock Creek Park. The session will
begin at 5 p.m. All stewards are requested to R.S.V.P. by Friday,
July 20, 2007.
This session will cover the handling of informal meetings with
supervisors.
CWA RETIREE CHAPTER 2336
"First Annual Crab Feast"
 CWA Retiree Chapter 2336 of
the Greater Washington, D.C. area is sponsoring its First Annual
Crab Feast on Sunday, August 5, 2007 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at
Martins’ Crosswinds—7400 Greenway Center Dr., Greenbelt, MD. The
cost is $55.00. For more details or to purchase tickets, call
Patricia Cauley at 202 829-4135 or Betty Brooks at 301 336-5177.
SIX FLAGS AMERICA
"Discount Tickets and Season Passes"
 Discounted tickets and
season passes to Six Flags are on sale at the Local office. Regular
tickets are $26.00 including tax per person and season passes are
$54.99 including tax per person. These tickets and passes may be
purchased by contacting the Local office on 202 291-1500.
LABOR RED ALERT!!
"Anti-union Radio Campaign"
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, a front group for
anti-union forces, is currently running radio ads on radio
stations in select areas across the country. We’re asking union and
community activists to call in to radio stations when they hear the
ads to challenge their arguments against the Employee Free Choice
Act.
Below are sample talking points to use when speaking to the radio
stations. The goal is to be on the air publicly challenging the
arguments made by this anti-union group.
- I’m calling because I heard a radio ad on your station on the
Employee Free Choice Act, and it’s just plain wrong. The fact is
that Senator Warner turned his back on working people in Virginia
when they voted against the Employee Free Choice Act. Instead of
listening to the needs of working families, they sided with big
business.
- A union card is the ticket to the middle class—in fact, 60
million Americans say they would join a union today if they could.
But too few will ever get that chance because employers trample on
workers’ freedom to form unions, and the law is too weak to stop
them.
- Over 90 percent of employers fight their workers’ efforts to
form a union—25 percent of employers illegally fire workers who
try to form unions. Instead of sticking with the facts, the
Coalition for a Democratic Workplace uses smear tactics to distort
the truth.
- We deserve a real debate on this issue—one with stories,
statistics, and an honest to goodness dialogue. These people
calling themselves the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace are
just a front group paid for by big business, based out of
Washington DC. Senator Warner should listen to working families in
his state—not these hired guns backed by out-of-state big
business.
For more information, contact AFL-CIO Media
Outreach Department
202-637-5018 |
